ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,007, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to National Industrialization Co. (TASNEE) (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Light weight plastic pallet" was invented by Hamdan A. Al-Shehri (Al Jubail Industrial, Saudi Arabia), Mukesh K. Yadav (Al-Jubail Industrial, Saudi Arabia) and Mohammed Ali Ghanchi (Al-Jubail Industrial, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presently disclosed pallet is made of plastic, optionally recycled plastic, is low weight, and can handle weight up to more than 2.75 tons as a stacking load. The pallet has a unique design of ribs forming an upper deck and a lower deck to hold the required load. The upper deck and low...