Patent ID: 6524040
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A pallet for a pair of wheeled items, each comprising an undercarriage and wheels extending from the undercarriage and the first wheeled item having front wheels and rear wheels, the pallet comprising:a base frame extending from a first end to a second end; a platform on the base frame and having a support surface for receiving the wheels of the items; a first plurality of ramps on the base frame and sloping from the platform toward the base frame and the first end; a second plurality of ramps on the base frame and sloping from the platform toward the base frame and the second end, and a plurality of brackets including a first bracket and mounted to the pallet proximate respective ones of the first plurality of ramps receiving one set of wheels of the first wheeled item, the plurality of brackets structured and arranged so that when the first wheeled item is shifted on its wheels from the support surface along the first plurality of ramps, the plurality of brackets receive respective stems of the one set of wheels of the first wheeled item; the platform, the first plurality of ramps, and the second plurality of ramps structured and arranged so that when a first of the wheeled items is shifted on its wheels from the support surface along the first plurality of ramps and a second of the wheeled items is shifted on its wheels from the support surface along the second plurality of ramps, the undercarriages of the first and second wheeled items move toward the platform and the wheels of the item nest into the platform.