Patent ID: 8104627
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a window pallet for the loading of a window frame for transportation or storage, the method comprising: providing a pallet including a base having a top, and a bottom, at least a first support member on the top of the base, a first movable side having a top end and a bottom end attached to the base and a second movable side having a top end and a bottom end attached to the base, a first divider on the first movable side and a second divider on the second movable side, each of the first and second dividers having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween, and a plurality of straps each having opposite ends with a first portion proximate one of the opposite ends attachable to the base and a second portion proximate another one of the opposite ends attachable to one of the first and second movable sides, the first support member and the first and second dividers each including at least one slot configured to receive a portion of the window frame; the pallet enabling the positioning of the first movable side substantially perpendicular to the top of the base; the pallet enabling the attaching of the first portions of at least two of the straps to the base and attaching the second portions of the straps to the first movable side to prevent the first movable side from moving away from the second movable side when the first movable side is in the substantially perpendicular position; the pallet enabling the loading of the window frame onto the pallet to place a first portion of the window frame into the slot of the first support member and a second portion of the window frame into the slot of the first divider, the window frame having a top end, a bottom end, and a maximum height therebetween, the first and second movable sides each having a maximum height extending from the base of the pallet being less than the maximum height of the window frame; the pallet enabling the positioning of the second movable side substantially perpendicular to the base and for the inserting of a third portion of the window frame into the slot of the second divider; the pallet enabling the attaching of the first portions of at least two of the straps to the base and for the attaching of the second portions of the straps to the second movable side to prevent the second movable side from moving away from the first movable side when the second movable side is in the substantially perpendicular position; and the pallet enabling the stacking of a second pallet above the pallet, the second pallet having at least one window frame thereon.