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An apparatus and method for the shipping and installation of an ATM. The ATM comprises leveling legs. A pallet includes a plurality of readily separable components and a plurality of component fasteners. The pallet further comprises bracket openings which align with the leveling legs allowing vertic

An apparatus and method for the shipping and installation of an ATM. The ATM comprises leveling legs. A pallet includes a plurality of readily separable components and a plurality of component fasteners. The pallet further comprises bracket openings which align with the leveling legs allowing vertical movement of the leveling legs therethrough. The leveling legs are extendable in the openings to lift and support the ATM from an underlying floor surface, allowing the underlying pallet to be disassembled. The ATM can be leveled using the leveling legs.

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We claim: 1. A method comprising: (a) supporting an automated teller machine (ATM) with a pallet, wherein the ATM includes an ATM body and leveling legs, wherein each leveling leg includes a lower flange portion, wherein the pallet includes a plurality of shipping brackets, wherein each shipping b

We claim: 1. A method comprising: (a) supporting an automated teller machine (ATM) with a pallet, wherein the ATM includes an ATM body and leveling legs, wherein each leveling leg includes a lower flange portion, wherein the pallet includes a plurality of shipping brackets, wherein each shipping bracket includes an open end slot, wherein each open end slot is sized to allow leveling leg vertical movement therethrough, wherein each open end slot is sized to prevent lower flange portion movement therethrough, wherein each open end slot is sized to allow leveling leg horizontal movement therethrough; (b) vertically moving each leveling leg upward in a respective open end slot to cause each lower flange portion to engage a respective shipping bracket to cause the ATM to be secured to the pallet, wherein with the ATM secured to the pallet an open space extends vertically downward from each leveling leg to below the pallet; (c) subsequent to (b), shipping the ATM secured to the pallet to an installation site; (d) subsequent to (c), vertically moving each leveling leg downward through a respective open end slot and into a respective open space to cause each lower flange portion to disengage from a respective shipping bracket to cause the ATM to be unsecured from the pallet; (e) subsequent to (d), vertically moving each leveling leg further downward to cause the ATM body to be supported through the leveling legs, wherein in the moving each leveling leg moves further vertically downward in a respective open space; (f) subsequent to (e), removing the pallet from beneath the ATM body while the ATM body is supported through the leveling legs; (g) subsequent to (f), vertically moving the leveling legs upward to cause the ATM body to be lowered relative thereto. 2. The method according to claim 1 and further comprising: (h) adjusting the leveling legs to level the ATM. 3. A method according to claim 1, wherein (c) includes shipping support blocks with the pallet. 4. The method according to claim 1 and further comprising: (h) prior to step (g), engaging the leveling legs with a floor surface at the installation site. 5. The method according to claim 1 wherein in (f) each leveling leg is removed from within a respective open end slot through relative movement of the leveling leg to the open end slot. 6. The method according to claim 1 and further comprising: (h) leveling the ATM by selectively vertically positioning the leveling legs. 7. The method according to claim 1 and further comprising: (h) prior to (e), positioning a support block on a floor surface below each respective leveling leg; wherein (e) includes vertically moving each leveling leg downward to engage a respective support block, wherein (e) causes the ATM body to be supported by the floor surface through the support blocks. 8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the ATM includes a chest portion, wherein each leveling leg includes a tool engaging head extending in the chest portion, and wherein (b), (d), (e), and (g) include rotating each tool engaging head within the chest portion to vertically move the leveling legs. 9. The method according to claim 1 wherein in (a) each leveling leg is vertically aligned with a respective open end slot. 10. The method according to claim 1 wherein (d) includes relieving firm engagement between the leveling legs and the shipping brackets. 11. A method comprising the steps of: (a) supporting an automated teller machine (ATM) on a pallet, wherein the ATM includes a base, wherein the ATM includes leveling legs operably connected to the base, wherein each leg includes a bottom portion; (b) subsequent to step (a), securing the ATM to the pallet through the leveling legs, including moving the leveling legs vertically upward relative to the base to cause each bottom portion to be placed in fixed operative engagement with the pallet, wherein with the ATM secured to the pallet a pallet open space extends vertically downward from each leveling leg to below the pallet; (c) subsequent to step (b) and while the ATM is secured to the pallet with each bottom portion in fixed operative engagement with the pallet, shipping the ATM to an installation site; (d) subsequent to step (c) and while the ATM is at the installation site, moving the leveling legs vertically downward relative to the base to cause the ATM to be supported through the leveling legs, wherein in the moving the leveling legs move vertically downward in the pallet open space, and wherein the moving causes the ATM to no longer be secured to the pallet through the leveling legs; (e) subsequent to step (d) and while the ATM is supported through the leveling legs at the installation site, removing at least one component of the pallet from beneath the ATM; (f) subsequent to step (e) and while the ATM is at the installation site and unsupported by the pallet, moving the leveling legs vertically upward relative to the base; (g) subsequent to step (f), vertically adjusting the ATM at the installation site wherein the base of the adjusted ATM is closer to an installation site floor surface than in step (e). 12. The method according to claim 11 and further comprising: (h) prior to step (a), assembling the pallet by connecting a plurality of readily separable pallet components using a plurality of component fasteners; wherein step (e) includes removing a plurality of the pallet components from beneath the ATM. 13. The method according to claim 12 wherein step (e) includes removing the pallet from beneath the ATM. 14. The method according to claim 12 wherein in step (h) the plurality of pallet components include a plurality of cantilever shipping brackets, wherein the pallet includes openings in each of the plurality of cantilever shipping brackets, wherein the supporting in step (a) enables vertical movement of each of the leveling legs within a respective opening in each of the plurality of cantilever shipping brackets, wherein the securing in step (b) includes vertically moving at least one of the leveling legs to firmly engage at least one of the cantilever shipping brackets. 15. The method according to claim 14 wherein step (d) includes vertically moving at least one of the leveling legs to no longer be firmly engaged with at least one of the cantilever shipping brackets. 16. The method according to claim 15 wherein step (d) includes moving the leveling legs vertically downward until the ATM is no longer vertically supported by the pallet; wherein step (e) includes disassembling the pallet by separating at least one separable component therefrom; wherein step (f) includes lowering the ATM by moving the leveling legs; wherein step (g) includes leveling the ATM by adjusting the leveling legs. 17. The method according to claim 11 wherein the leveling legs are threadably engaged with the base, and wherein steps (d) and (f) include rotating the leveling legs to cause vertical movement thereof. 18. The method according to claim 11 wherein step (g) includes leveling the ATM through movement of at least one of the leveling legs. 19. The method according to claim 11 and further comprising: (h) prior to step (f), engaging the leveling legs with a floor surface at the installation site. 20. A method comprising: (a) supporting an automated teller machine (ATM) on a pallet, wherein the ATM includes an ATM body and vertically movable leveling legs; (b) subsequent to step (a), securing the ATM to the pallet through operative engagement between the leveling legs and the pallet; (c) subsequent to step (b), shipping the secured ATM to an installation site; (d) subsequent to step (c), unsecuring the ATM from the pallet through disengagement between the leveling legs and the pallet; (e) subsequent to step (d), supporting the ATM body through the leveling legs at the installation site; (f) subsequent to step (e), removing the pallet from beneath the ATM body; and (g) subsequent to step (f), lowering the ATM body at the installation site through vertical movement of the leveling legs relative to the ATM body. 21. The method according to claim 20 and further comprising: (h) leveling the ATM body by selectively vertically adjusting the leveling legs. 22. The method according to claim 20 wherein with the ATM secured to the pallet, an open vertical space extends vertically downward from each leveling leg to below the pallet, wherein step (d) includes vertically moving each leveling leg downward into a respective open vertical space. 23. The method according to claim 20 and further comprising: (h) prior to step (g), engaging the leveling legs with a floor surface at the installation site. 24. The method according to claim 20 wherein each leveling leg includes a lower flange portion, wherein the pallet includes a plurality of shipping brackets, wherein step (b) includes securing the ATM to the pallet through engagement between the lower flange portions and the shipping brackets. 25. The method according to claim 24 wherein each shipping bracket includes an open end slot, wherein each open end slot is sized to allow leveling leg vertical movement therethrough, wherein each open end slot is sized to prevent lower flange portion movement therethrough, wherein each open end slot is sized to allow leveling leg horizontal movement there through, wherein step (b) includes engaging an upper surface of each lower flange portion with a lower surface of a respective shipping bracket, wherein step (b) includes upward movement of the leveling legs in respective open end slots, wherein responsive to the ATM being secured to the pallet in step (b), the leveling legs are prevented from moving upward relative to the pallet because of engagement between the lower flange portions and the shipping brackets. 26. The method according to claim 24 wherein each shipping bracket includes an open end slot, wherein each open end slot is sized to allow leveling leg horizontal movement therein and therefrom, wherein (f) includes relatively horizontally removing each leveling leg from within a respective open end slot.