Patent ID: 8425165

Claim:
A pallet apparatus comprising: a pallet base including a mounting plate configured to mount a product having a plurality of screw members having a variable amount of protrusion from a bottom surface of the product; a plurality of fixing members configured to support the product on the mounting plate of the pallet base at areas corresponding to a plurality of sides of the bottom surface of the product; and a fastening member configured to fix the plurality of fixing members onto the mounting plate of the pallet base, wherein the product can be fixed on the plurality of fixing members by threading a threaded portion of the plurality of screw members into the bottom surface of the product, wherein the plurality of fixing members include a lower surface portion configured to contact the mounting plate of the pallet base, an upper surface portion configured to contact the bottom surface of the product, and an upright portion configured to connect the upper surface portion and the lower surface portion, the upright portion being disposed at an inside position when the plurality of fixing members are disposed between the product and the mounting plate, wherein the lower surface portion includes a head portion installing slit opened on the side of the upright portion and located at a position corresponding to a position of the plurality of screw members, the head portion installing slit having a width allowing a head portion of the plurality of screw members to directly contact the mounting plate without contacting the lower surface portion, wherein the upper surface portion includes a threaded portion inserting slit opened on the side of the upright portion and located at a position corresponding to the position of the plurality of screw members, the threaded portion inserting slit having a width configured to allow a passage of the threaded portion but not the head portion of the plurality of screw members, so that the product can be fixed on the upper surface portion by the plurality of screw members between the bottom surface of the product and the mounting plate, wherein the upright portion includes a head portion passing slit continuous with the threaded portion inserting slit and the head portion installing slit and having a width allowing a passage of the head portion of the plurality of screw members, and wherein the fastening member is configured to enable the plurality of fixing members to be fastened to or released from the pallet base from outside the upright portion, with the product fixed on the plurality of fixing members with the plurality of screw members.