Folding pallet

Claim 1

IN A FOLDING PALLET, THE COMBINATION OF A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED SIDE MEMBERS, EACH HAVING A HEIGHT GREATER THAN THEIR THICKNESS, ARRANGED TO FORM THE PERIMETER OF A RECTANGLE, WITH A PAIR OF OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE RECTANGLE EACH BEING FORMED IN TWO SECTIONS OF EQUAL LENGTH, AND THE OTHER PAIR OF SIDE MEMBERS BEING OF UNITARY CONSTRUCTION, HINGE MEANS CONNECTING SAID SIDE MEMBERS AT THE CORNERS OF THE RECTANGLE AND AT THE ADJACENT ENDS OF THE RESPECTIVE PAIRS OF SECTIONS, THE HINGE MEANS AT THE RESPECTIVE CORNERS BEING DISPOSED TO PIVOT AT THE JUNCTIONS OF THE INNER WALLS OF SAID SIDE MEMBERS, AND THE INTERMEDIATE HINGE MEANS AT SAID SECTION JUNCTIONS BEING DISPOSED TO PIVOT AT THE OUTER WALLS THEREOF, WHEREBY SAID SECTIONS MAY BE PIVOTED INTO PARALLEL RELATION WITH THE OTHER TWO SIDE MEMBERS, FORMING A FOLDED STRUCTURE HAVING A TOTAL WIDTH APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE COMBINED WIDTH OF TWO OF SAID SECTIONS AND THE PAIR OF UNITARY SIDE MEMBERS, AND A DETACHABLE BRACE MEMBER EXTENDING BETWEEN THE RESPECTIVE SECTIONED SIDE MEMBERS, THE LATTER BEING NOTCHED TO RECEIVE THE ABUTTING ENDS OF SAID BRACE MEMBER, WITH THE BRACE MEMBER BEING OPERATIVE TO PREVENT INWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID SECTIONS TO FOLDED POSITIONS, SAID BRACE MEMBER AND SAID SIDE MEMBERS EACH HAVING A PAIR OF NOTCHES IN THE BOTTOM EDGES THEREOF, SPACED TO PERMIT RECEPTION OF A FORK LIFT THEREUNDER ON WHICH THE PALLET MAY BE CARRIED.