Patent ID: 7219609

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a cash dispensing automated teller machine (ATM), wherein the ATM includes a base, wherein the ATM includes a plurality of leveling legs, wherein the legs are operably connected to the base, wherein the legs are vertically extendable and retractable relative to the base, wherein the legs are adapted to support the ATM, wherein each leg includes a bottom portion, wherein each bottom portion is configured for floor surface engagement; a pallet, wherein the pallet includes a plurality of separable pallet components enabling assembly and disassembly of the pallet, wherein the pallet components include a plurality of support components, a plurality of removable fasteners, and a plurality of elongated metal brackets, wherein each bracket includes a first end and a second end separated in an elongated direction of the bracket, wherein the first end includes a plurality of bracket holes, wherein each hole is configured to have a said fastener extend therethrough to enable the bracket to be removably fastened to a said support component, wherein when the bracket is fastened to the support component, the second end extends horizontally outward from the support component, wherein the second end includes an open end slot extending in the elongated direction, wherein the slot is sized to allow at least a part of a said leveling leg to move therethrough, wherein the slot is sized to prevent a said leg bottom portion moving therethrough, wherein the pallet when fully assembled is operative to support the ATM, wherein when the ATM is supported by the pallet fully assembled and the leveling legs are fully retracted relative to a floor surface underlying the pallet, then both the ATM is in secured connection with the pallet via the leg bottom portions being in secured engagement with the brackets, and a free space extends vertically from each leg bottom portion to the floor surface, enabling a support block to be positioned therein.