Patent ID: 7516706

Claim:
A method of assembling and disassembling a knockdown pallet structure, comprising the steps of: unrolling a base panel, having a pair of transversely spaced, longitudinally extending rigid support members fixedly secured to undersurface portions of said base panel for accommodating the fork tines of a forklift vehicle, from a rolled-up compact state to an unrolled expanded state which defines a first plane; and pivotally moving at least one cross-brace member within a second plane, disposed parallel to said first plane defined by said unrolled expanded base panel, pivotally attached at a first end portion thereof to an upper surface portion of said base panel, from a first inoperative, knockdown position, at which said at least cross-brace member is disposed parallel to said pair of transversely spaced, longitudinally extending rigid support members such that said pair of transversely spaced, longitudinally extending rigid support members are operatively disconnected from each other, to a second operative, erected position at which said at least one cross-brace member is disposed transversely with respect to said pair of transversely spaced, longitudinally extending rigid support members so as to operatively interconnect said pair of transversely spaced, longitudinally extending rigid support members together such that said pallet structure attains an assembled and erected state for supporting a load.