Patent ID: 6701852
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A collapsible pallet comprising:(a) a lower goods-supporting platform; (b) an upper goods-supporting platform having a lowered position associated with a collapsed position of said pallet and a raised position over said lower goods-supporting platform associated with an erected position of said pallet, said upper platform being spaced from, and substantially parallel to, said lower platform when in said raised position so as to permit loading of goods onto said lower goods-supporting platform and said upper goods-supporting platform, said upper goods-supporting platform in said raised position being spaced from said lower goods-supporting platform by a distance that is substantially greater than a distance between said lower goods-supporting platform and a surface upon which said pallet rest, said upper goods-supporting platform laying substantially flat over, and substantially within a perimeter of, said lower goods-supporting platform when in said lowered position; and (c) a first locking mechanism for locking said upper goods-supporting platform in said raised position.