Pallet and support station useful in pallets and the like

Claim 1

A FOLDABLE PALLET COMPRISING A SHEET AND A MULTIPLICITY OF SUPPORT STATIONS, EACH SAID SUPPORT STATION COMPRISING AN UPPER HORIZONTAL SUPPORT PORTION SECURED TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID SHEET AND A LOWER HORIZONTAL SUPPORT PORTION PARALLEL THERETO, TWO PARALLEL WALL PORTIONS EACH FOLDABLY JOINED ALONG ONE EDGE WITH SAID UPPER SUPPORT PORTION AND ALONG THE OPPOSED EDGE WITH SAID LOWER SUPPORT PORTION, AND AT LEAST TWO INTERMEDIATELY FOLDABLE WALL PORTIONS, EACH OF WHICH IS OF GREATER LENGTH THAN THE WIDTH OF SAID PARALLEL WALL PORTIONS, EACH SAID INTERMEDIATELY FOLDABLE WALL PORTION BEING FOLDABLY JOINED FOR INTRODUCTION INTO OPPOSED OPEN ENDS DEFINED BY SAID HORIZONTAL PORTIONS AND SAID PARALLEL WALL PORTIONS ALONG A SECURED EDGE THEREOF TO ONE OF SAID PARALLEL WALL PORTIONS AND INCLUDING WITHIN ITSELF AN INTERMEDIATE FOLD LINE PARALLEL TO SAID SECURED EDGE AND BEING FOLDABLE THEREON INTO V-SHAPE, AND TWO EDGES OF EACH SAID FOLDABLE WALL PORTION PERPENDICULAR TO ITS SAID SECURED EDGE BEING SPACED APART A DISTANCE CORRESPONDING TO THE DISTANCE ALONG THE INNER FACES OF SAID PARALLEL WALL PORTIONS BETWEEN SAID SUPPORT PORTIONS, WHEREBY WHEN SAID INTERMEDIATELY FOLDABLE WALL PORTIONS ARE FOLDED INTO V-SHAPE THE LATTER ARE HELD IN SUPPORTING POSITION BETWEEN SAID SUPPORT PORTIONS.