Stringer Design

Block Design

BOTTOM DECK BOARD - Assembly of deckboards comprising the lower, load bearing surfact of the pallet.

DECK SPACING - Distance between adjacent deckboards.

LEAD BOARD - First board of the pallet.

TOP DECK BOARD - Assembly of deckboards comprising the upper surface of the pallet.

OVERALL HEIGHT - The vertical distance measured from the floor to the top side of the top deck.

LENGTH - Refer to the stringer or stringerboard (in block pallets) length.

WIDTH - Refer to the width of the board.

STRINGER - Continuous, longitudinal, solid or notched beam-component of the pallet used to support deck components, often identified by location as the outside or center stringer.

BLOCK - Rectangular, square or cylindrical deck spacer, often identified by its location within the pallet as corner block, edge block, inner block, center or middle blocks.

NOTCH FOR 4 WAYS ENTRY - Cutout in lower portion of the stringer to allow entry for the fork tine, (partial four-way entry).

OPENING HEIGHT - The vertical distance measured between decks, from floor to the underside of the top deck, or from the floor to the top of the stringer notch.