Patent ID: 6474245
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: B62B,B65D

Abstract:
A system for transporting and storing a variety of airplane seats, comprising a portable base pallet, first and second parallel seat supports for securely mounting a seat on said base pallet, wherein at least one of said first and second supports is slidably displaceable along a pair of parallel channel provided on said base pallet for selectively adjusting said first and second seat supports relative to one another, said pair of parallel channels slidably receiving opposed end portions of said first and second seat supports, wherein said base pallet is formed from a sheet of bendable material having opposed longitudinal side portions folded so as to define said parallel channels, wherein said base pallet has a bottom wall, opposed sidewalls extending upwardly from opposed longitudinal edges of said bottom wall, a pair of shoulders extending laterally outwardly from respective top ends of said opposed sidewalls, a rim extending upwardly from an outer end of each of said shoulders, and a lip projecting inwardly from each of said rims, wherein said lips, sad rims, and said shoulders cooperate to form said parallel channels.