# US 2014/0190077 A1 · Detachable and collapsable pallet box assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0190077 A1 - Document ID: US20140190077A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/038,761 - Filed: 2013-09-27 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-04 - Inventors: Frank Joseph Burmann - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190077A1 ## CPC - A01G 9/02: Receptacles, e.g. flower-pots or boxes (self-acting watering devices A01G27/00; hanging flower baskets, holders or containers for flower-pots A47G7/00); Glasses for cultivating flowers - A01G 9/021: {Pots formed in one piece; Materials used therefor} - A01G 9/029: Receptacles for seedlings (growth substrates in block form A01G24/44) - A01G 9/0299: {Handling or transporting of soil blocks or seedlings} - B62B 3/002: {characterised by a rectangular shape, involving sidewalls or racks} - B62B 3/02: involving parts being adjustable, collapsible, attachable, detachable or convertible - B65D 19/06: with bodies formed by uniting or interconnecting two or more components - B65D 19/42: Arrangements or applications of rollers or wheels - B62B 3/004: {Details of doors or cover lids} - B62B 2202/50: Cleaning or gardening articles - B62B 2202/70: Flowers; Pots; Plants - B65D 2519/00024: Metal - B65D 2519/00029: Wood - B65D 2519/00034: Plastic - B65D 2519/00059: Metal - B65D 2519/00064: Wood - B65D 2519/00069: Plastic - B65D 2519/00154: for the side walls - B65D 2519/00542: of the corner posts - B65D 2519/008: Drainage means - Y10T 29/49815: Disassembling - Y10T 29/49826: Assembling or joining - Y10T 29/49948: Multipart cooperating fastener [e.g., bolt and nut] - A01G: HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING (picking of fruits, vegetables, hops or the like A01D46/00; propagating unicellular algae C12N1/12) - B62B: HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES (characterised by animal propulsion B62C; propulsion of sledges by driver or engine B62M) - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract Pallet box assembly configured as planter box or workman's utility box is disclosed. The pallet box assembly includes a pallet base, two side panels, a front panel, and a rear panel, which are collapsible and reusable. Pallet base has tenon joint parts with locking mechanisms that extend out. Pallet base has an opening extending therethrough for ease of handling by pallet jack or hand truck. The side panels include grooves. Front and rear panels include tenon joint part with locking mechanism. The side panels are identical and interchangeable, the front panel is identical and interchangeable with the rear panel. Each locking mechanism includes a winged bolt threadedly inserted and engaged into the tenon joint part, and a wing which is rotated by about 45 to 135 degrees to engageably and securely attach the corresponding tenon joint part in the corresponding groove, so that the pallet box assembly is securely installed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A pallet box assembly, comprising: a pallet base; the pallet base comprising four or more tenon joint parts that extend out from two side surfaces of the pallet base, each of the tenon joint part includes one locking mechanism. two side panels, each of the side panel includes four or more grooves, in which two of the grooves are arranged horizontally adjacent to the bottom edge of the side panel, one of the grooves is arranged vertically adjacent to one edge of the side panel, and one of the grooves is arranged vertically adjacent to another edge of the side panel; a front panel comprising one or more tenon joint part which includes one locking mechanism; and a rear panel comprising one or more tenon joint part which includes one locking mechanism, wherein the side panels to be identical and interchangeable, the front panel is identical and interchangeable with the rear panel, the locking mechanism includes a long threaded winged bolt threadedly inserted and engaged into the tenon joint part, a wing for the long threaded winged bolt of each locking mechanism is rotated by about 45 degrees to 135 degrees in either clockwise or counterclockwise direction so as to engageably and securely attach the corresponding tenon joint part in the corresponding groove. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The pallet box assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pallet box assembly is adapted and configured to be a planter box having a plurality of drainage holes formed throughout the pallet base and a collection pan housed in the opening of the pallet base to collect excess water. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The pallet box assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pallet box assembly is adapted for usage for carrying and transporting one or more shipped product, in which sensors for temperature, security, and tracking are configured therein. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The pallet box assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wings of the long threaded winged bolt are made into the shape of a rectangular block, a plate or a pearl wing nut. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The pallet box assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the locking mechanisms of the front panel, the rear panel, and the pallet base is inserted through one corresponding groove of the side panel, so that the tenon joint part is inserted and fittingly engaged with the corresponding groove formed on the side panel to form a tongue and groove joint. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The pallet box assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pallet base is configured with an opening extending all the way therethrough from one side surface thereof adjacent to the front panel to another side surface thereof adjacent to the rear panel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The pallet box assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the front panel has two tenon joint parts that extend out from two side surfaces of the front panel, respectively, each of the tenon joint part includes one locking mechanism. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The pallet box assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rear panel has two tenon joint parts that extend out from two side surfaces of the rear panel, respectively, each of the tenon joint part includes one locking mechanism. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The pallet box assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the front panel has only one tenon joint part located at an upper portion of the front panel and the rear panel has only one tenon joint part located at an upper portion of the rear panel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The pallet box assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the opening is configured to allow for at least two way entries. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The pallet box assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the opening is configured to the pallet base of the pallet box assembly for ease of handling by pallet jack or hand truck. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The pallet box assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side panels, the front panel, and the rear panel of the pallet box assembly all have a plurality of vertical grooves formed on the inside surface of the side panels so as to prevent tangled roots wherein the vertical grooves are spaced evenly therebetween. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The pallet box assembly as claimed in claim 12, wherein the pallet base has a plurality of shallow border grooves configured along the edges thereof adjacent to the front panel and the rear panel, respectively. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The pallet box assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the front panel and the rear panel are configured directly on top of the pallet base, and the side panels are configured to have bottom surfaces thereof raised above the ground. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The pallet box assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein all individual panels of the pallet box assembly are capable of disassembling into individual panels for flat-packing. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The pallet box assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of fixed axles are configured on the bottom of the pallet base at each corner thereof, for ease of attachment of wheels to the pallet box assembly. ### Claim 17 An installation method of the pallet box assembly, comprising steps of: placing the pallet base on the ground at a desired location; fittingly mounting one side panel to the pallet base by means of the pair of tenon joint parts of the pallet base fittingly engaged in the pair of grooves of the side panel, respectively; rotating each wing of the long threaded winged bolt of each locking mechanism that is threadedly-attached to each tenon joint part of the pallet base by about 45 degrees to 135 degrees in either clockwise or counterclockwise direction so as to engageably, snugly and securely attach the corresponding tenon joint part of the pallet base in the corresponding groove of the one side panel; fittingly mounting the rear panel to the one side panel by means of one tenon joint part of the rear panel fittingly engaged in one of the grooves of the one side panel; rotating each wing of the long threaded winged bolt of each locking mechanism that is threadedly-attached to each tenon joint part of the rear panel by about 45 degrees to 135 degrees in either clockwise or counterclockwise direction so as to engageably and securely attach the corresponding tenon joint part of the rear panel in the corresponding groove of the one side panel; fittingly mount the front panel to the one side panel by means of one tenon joint part of the front panel fittingly engaged in one of the grooves of the one side panel; rotating each wing of the long threaded winged bolt of each locking mechanism that is threadly-attached to each tenon joint part of the front panel by about 45 degrees to 135 degrees in either clockwise or counterclockwise direction so as to engageably and securely attach the corresponding tenon joint part of the front panel in the corresponding groove of the one side panel; fittingly mounting an another side panel to the pallet base, the front panel, and the rear panel by means of having the pair of tenon joint parts of the pallet base fittingly engaged in the pair of grooves of the side panel, respectively, and having the tenon joint parts of both of the front and rear panels fittingly engaged in the remaining vacant grooves of the another side panel, respectively; and rotating each wing of the long threaded winged bolt of each locking mechanism located at the surface of the another side panel by about 45 degrees to 135 degrees in either clockwise or counterclockwise direction so as to engageably and securely attach the pallet base to the another side panel, respectively. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) A partial removal method of the pallet box assembly of claim 1, comprising steps of: determining one side panel for removal; rotating the wings of all of the long threaded winged bolts of the locking mechanisms that are abutting the surface of the side panel by about 45 degrees to 135 degrees in either clockwise or counterclockwise direction until the wings are able to slide through the corresponding grooves so as to detach the side panel from the pallet base, the front panel, and the rear panel, respectively; and rotating the remaining wing that is abutting the surface of the side panel by about 45 degrees to 135 degrees in either clockwise or counterclockwise direction until the wings are able to slide through the corresponding grooves so as to detach the front panel or rear panel from the side panel, and the pallet base, respectively. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The partial removal method of the pallet box assembly of claim 18, wherein one side panel is capable of being removed without affecting the pallet base, and without causing collapse of the pallet box assembly.