Pallet construction

Abstract

A paperboard pallet including a plurality of runners supporting a deck of corrugated material, each of the runners including a fiber wound core wrapped with corrugated material.

1 . A pallet comprising: 
 a load supporting deck having a top surface and a bottom surface;    a plurality of runners adjacent to the bottom surface of the deck to provide support therefore; and    each of the runners including a core.    
   
   
       2 . A pallet as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein cores are wrapped with corrugated material.  
   
   
       3 . A pallet as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said cores are solid fiber cores.  
   
   
       4 . A pallet as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said solid fiber core is wrapped with C flutes single wall corrugated material.  
   
   
       5 . A pallet as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said solid fiber core is wrapped in ETC 44C flute corrugated material.  
   
   
       6 . A pallet as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said top deck is constructed of a plurality of sheets of corrugated material fastened together.  
   
   
       7 . A pallet as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said runners are connected to said deck by gluing.  
   
   
       8 . A pallet as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said top deck is constructed of 1100-pound triple wall corrugated material.  
   
   
       9 . A pallet as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said top deck is constructed of a three sheets of corrugated material fastened together.  
   
   
       10 . A pallet as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each runner is comprised of a plurality of fiber wound cores each wrapped with corrugated material.  
   
   
       11 . A pallet as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the load supporting deck has side edges and end edges and wherein a runner is connected adjacent each side edge of the load supporting deck and a runner is connected substantially intermediate the side edges of the load supporting deck.  
   
   
       12 . A pallet as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each runner contains cutouts to permit the entry of the tines of a transporting vehicle.  
   
   
       13 . A pallet as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said cores are plastic cores.  
   
   
       14 . A pallet comprising: 
 a load supporting upper deck, having a top surface and a bottom surface;    a bottom deck having a top surface and a bottom surface;    a plurality of runners each including a solid fiber core wrapped with a corrugated material and connected in spaced apart relationship to the bottom surface of said upper deck and to the upper surface of said bottom deck;    said runners including cutouts in the sides thereof to accommodate tines from a transporting vehicle; and    said bottom surface having a plurality of apertures to accommodate wheels from a transporting device.    
   
   
       15 . A pallet as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein said corrugated material is ETC 44C flute corrugated material.  
   
   
       16 . A pallet comprising: 
 a load supporting upper deck formed from corrugated material and having a top surface and a bottom surface;    a bottom deck formed from at least one sheet of corrugated material and having a top surface and a bottom surface;    a plurality of runners each including a solid fiber core wrapped with C flute corrugated material and bonded in spaced apart relationship to the bottom surface of said upper deck and to the upper surface of said bottom deck;    said runners including cutouts in the sides thereof to accommodate tines from a transporting vehicle; and    said bottom surface having a plurality of apertures to accommodate wheels from a transporting vehicle.    
   
   
       17 . A pallet as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein said deck is formed from 1100-pound triple wall corrugated material.  
   
   
       18 . A method of constructing a pallet, the method comprising: 
 wrapping solid fiber core runners with corrugated material; and    attaching a load supporting deck to the runners.