Pallet

Claim 1

A PALLET ADAPTED FOR USE IN LIFT FORK OPERATION AND FOR FLAT SHIPMENT IN KNOCKED-DOWN POSITION COMPRISING A BASE SHEET HAVING A MULTIPLICITY OF SPACED PARALLEL SCORES EXTENDING BETWEEN A PAIR OF OPPOSED EDGES AND DEFINING THE SIDE MARGINS OF A PLURALITY OF PANELS, SAID SHEET FOLDED ON THE SCORES TO POSITION TOP PANELS IN SUBSTANTIALLY ONE HORIZONTAL PLANE, BOTTOM PANELS IN A DIFFERENT HORIZONTAL PLANE AND VERTICAL SIDE PANELS INTERCONNECTING SAID TOP AND SAID BOTTOM PANELS, ANY TWO SIDE PANELS JOINED BY A BOTTOM PANEL DEFINING A CHANNEL OPENING UPWARDLY AND ANY TWO SIDE PANELS JOINED BY A TOP PANEL DEFINING A CHANNEL OPENING DOWNWARDLY, OPENINGS IN SAID SIDE PANELS TO RECEIVE LIFT FORKS AND OPENINGS IN AT LEAST CERTAIN OF SAID SIDE PANELS FOR RECEIVING SUPPORT MEMBERS, AND A PLURALITY OF SUPPORT MEMBERS SLIDEABLY INSERTED IN THE OPENINGS IN SAID SIDE PANELS AND EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF THE PALLET WITH THE EDGES THEREOF ABUTTING THE INNER SURFACES OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM PANELS WHEREBY SAID SIDE PANELS AND SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS SUPPORT SAID TOP PANELS AND SAID BOTTOM PANELS IN SPACED APART RELATION, THE CHANNELS ADJACENT THE TWO ENDS OF THE PALLET OPENING DOWNWARDLY AND CLOSED ON THEIR DOWNWARD SIDE BY AN END BOTTOM PANEL AT THE VERY EDGE OF SAID SHEET, EACH OF SAID END BOTTOM PANELS OVERLAPPING A PORTION OF THE NEXT BOTTOM PANEL THERETO AND FIXEDLY SECURED THERETO, THE OUTERMOST OF SAID UPWARDLY OPENING CHANNELS SPACED SUCH DISTANCE APART AS TO RECEIVE LIFT FORKS WHEREBY SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS CAN BE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE LIFT FORKS FROM TWO SIDES OR FROM FOUR SIDES OF THE PALLET.