Patent ID: 7555879
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: (a) supporting an automated teller machine (ATM) with a pallet, (b) vertically moving each leveling leg upward in a respective open end slot to cause each lower flange portion to engage a respective shipping bracket to cause the ATM to be secured to the pallet, wherein with the ATM secured to the pallet an open space extends vertically downward from each leveling leg to below the pallet; (c) subsequent to (b), shipping the ATM secured to the pallet to an installation site; (d) subsequent to (c), vertically moving each leveling leg downward through a respective open end slot and into a respective open space to cause each lower flange portion to disengage from a respective shipping bracket to cause the ATM to be unsecured from the pallet; (e) subsequent to (d), vertically moving each leveling leg further downward to cause the ATM body to be supported through the leveling legs, wherein in the moving each leveling leg moves further vertically downward in a respective open space; (f) subsequent to (e), removing the pallet from beneath the ATM body while the ATM body is supported through the leveling legs; (g) subsequent to (f), vertically moving the leveling legs upward to cause the ATM body to be lowered relative thereto.