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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

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.

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1. A planter box for housing plantings comprising: a pallet base defined by a front edge, back edge, and two side edges; the pallet base comprising: four or more tenon joint parts that extend horizontally out from the two side edges of the pallet base;a first shallow border groove is disposed along

1. A planter box for housing plantings comprising: a pallet base defined by a front edge, back edge, and two side edges; the pallet base comprising: four or more tenon joint parts that extend horizontally out from the two side edges of the pallet base;a first shallow border groove is disposed along the front edge of the pallet base and a second shallow border groove is disposed along the back edge of the pallet base;a first leg and a second leg, the first leg extends downwardly from and along the front edge of the pallet base, said second leg extends downwardly from and along the back edge of the pallet base, wherein the first leg and the second leg parallel to one another;a first opening extending through the first leg in a direction from the front edge of the pallet base toward the back edge of the pallet base;a second opening extending through the second leg in a direction from the back edge of the pallet base toward the front edge of the pallet base; wherein the first and second openings provide two way entries for a lifting device to be inserted through the first and second openings;wherein the first leg is spaced apart from the second leg to form a third opening in a bottom portion of the pallet base, the third opening of the pallet base is a through opening extending from a first side edge to a second side edge of the two side edges of the pallet base;a front panel comprising one or more tenon joint part, wherein the front panel is received in the first shallow border groove;a rear panel comprising one or more tenon joint part, wherein the rear panel is received in the second shallow border groove;two side panels, each of the side panels includes four or more grooves, in which at least two of the grooves are horizontal grooves extending along and adjacent to a bottom edge of the side panel for receiving at least two of the four or more tenon joint parts of the pallet base to form tongue and groove joints, at least one of the grooves is a vertical groove extending along and adjacent to one edge of the side panel for receiving one of the one or more tenon joint part of the front panel to form at least one tongue and groove joint, and at least another one of the grooves is a vertical groove extending along and adjacent to another edge of the side panel for receiving one of the one or more tenon joint part of the rear panel to form at least one tongue and groove joint;wherein the front panel and the rear panel are configured to be positioned directly on top of the pallet base; wherein the two side panels are configured to have all of bottom surfaces thereof raised above a ground surface;wherein each of the tongue and groove joints includes a locking mechanism, each of the locking mechanisms includes a long threaded winged bolt and a wing; wherein the long threaded winged bolt of each of the locking mechanisms is inserted through one of the grooves of the side panel and engaged into a respective one of the tenon joint parts of the front panel, the rear panel, and the pallet base; whrein said wing of each of the locking mechanisms is rotated by about 45 degree to 135 degree to engageably and securely attach the respective one of the tenon joint parts in the one of the grooves of the side panel, thereby connecting the pallet base, the front panel, the rear panel and the side panels together to form a pallet box assembly;a PVC frame structure including a plurality of PVC pipes;a plurality of attachment blocks are formed on each corner of the front panel and the rear panel, respectively; wherein the plurality of PVC pipes are inserted through the plurality of attachment blocks to be attached to the pallet base;one or more carriage tray arranged on the PVC frame structure;a plurality of drainage holes formed on the pallet base; anda plurality of wheels, wherein the plurality of wheels are attached to the pallet base. 2. The planter box as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pallet base is made of plastic material or recycled plastic material constructed of single integral structure.