Patent ID: 7555879

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) supporting an automated teller machine (ATM) with a pallet, wherein the ATM includes an ATM body and leveling legs, wherein each leveling leg includes a lower flange portion, wherein the pallet includes a plurality of shipping brackets, wherein each shipping bracket includes an open end slot, wherein each open end slot is sized to allow leveling leg vertical movement therethrough, wherein each open end slot is sized to prevent lower flange portion movement therethrough, wherein each open end slot is sized to allow leveling leg horizontal movement therethrough; (b) vertically moving each leveling leg upward in a respective open end slot to cause each lower flange portion to engage a respective shipping bracket to cause the ATM to be secured to the pallet, wherein with the ATM secured to the pallet an open space extends vertically downward from each leveling leg to below the pallet; (c) subsequent to (b), shipping the ATM secured to the pallet to an installation site; (d) subsequent to (c), vertically moving each leveling leg downward through a respective open end slot and into a respective open space to cause each lower flange portion to disengage from a respective shipping bracket to cause the ATM to be unsecured from the pallet; (e) subsequent to (d), vertically moving each leveling leg further downward to cause the ATM body to be supported through the leveling legs, wherein in the moving each leveling leg moves further vertically downward in a respective open space; (f) subsequent to (e), removing the pallet from beneath the ATM body while the ATM body is supported through the leveling legs; (g) subsequent to (f), vertically moving the leveling legs upward to cause the ATM body to be lowered relative thereto.