Patent ID: 7958999

Claim:
A pallet for packing a glass plate, the pallet comprising: a base part which is disposed at a bottommost portion, for supporting from below a plurality of glass plates piled one upon another in an upright posture, the base part including a fork insertion portion for insertion of forks of a forklift; a backside part rising from a rear side of the base part, the backside part for supporting the glass plates from a rear thereof; and a pedestal part mounted in engagement with at least one of the base part and the backside part so as to receive bottom side portions of the glass plates, wherein a lowermost portion of the pedestal part is set lower than a substantial top surface of the base part, the fork insertion portion is formed on a side of the base part, and a top surface of the fork insertion portion has a contact portion for the forks of the forklift, the contact portion including a higher part surface and a lower part surface that is located further away from the backside part than the higher part surface and protrudes downward further than the higher part surface, the higher part surface and the lower part surface being positioned to each contact one of the forks of the forklift when the pallet is lifted and supported by the forklift such that the pallet is tilted toward the backside part.