Patent ID: 7677183
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A pallet comprising: a four-sided support plate which defines two first edges arranged opposite each other and two second edges arranged opposite each other, first side walls arranged along the first edges of said support plate and hinged to the support plate to be pivotable between an inactive position generally coplanar with the support plate and an active position generally perpendicular to said support plate, said first side walls including first engagement means at opposite ends thereof, second side walls arranged along the two second edges of said support plate and hinged to the support plate to be pivotable between an inactive position generally coplanar with the support plate and an active position generally perpendicular to the support plate, said second side walls including second engagement means at respective opposite ends thereof, said first and second engagement means being engageable when said first and second side walls are respectively pivoted to said active positions to lock the first and second side walls together, said first and second engagement means being selected from openings and protrusions which fit into said openings, said protrusions being generally planar with the side walls from which they extend and extending perpendicularly to the side walls which provide the respective openings in which the protrusions extend, and wherein the second side walls have at least one recess through which tines of a forklift can extend to carry said pallet.