Patent ID: 7624688

Claim:
A pallet assembly, comprising: (a.) a lid having a top portion and sides therearound, said sides therearound having an inverted channel therein, said inverted channel having a channel lip, said lid having a lid outside and a lid inside; (b.) a pallet having a pallet outside and a pallet inside, said pallet having a pallet base portion and a wall portion extending upward therefrom, said wall portion having an outer wall portion and an inner wall portion, said wall portion terminating in a pallet lip portion; (c.) where, said lid is configured to be placed onto said pallet and supported in position thereon by an engagement of said channel lip and said pallet lip portion; (d.) said lid having at least one lid cam lock assembly housed by a cam lock assembly housing; said at least one lid cam lock assembly having a cylindrical cam within said cam lock assembly housing, a handle accessible from said lid outside, a spacer interconnecting said handle and said cylindrical cam, and a lock, said lock having a cam engaging portion, a hook portion, and a connecting portion interconnecting said cam engaging portion and said hook portion, said cam engaging portion engaging said cam, said lock located on said lid inside; (e.) said inner wall portion of said pallet having at least one lid cam lock receiving receptacle therein; and (f.) where, said lid can be placed onto said pallet and supported thereon by an engagement of said channel lip and said pallet lip portion and said handle of said at least one lid cam lock assembly can be moved from an open position to a closed position, thereby having said hook portion of said lock of said at least one cam lock assembly engage said at least one lid cam lock receiving receptacle.