Abstract: A portable shipping platform is provided which is particularly adapted for handling by both fork lift and slipsheet types of devices. The portion by which the platform is grippable in slipsheet fashion also provides a protector for subjacent surfaces from tips of the blades of a fork lift as well as a guide for vertical alignment of the blades with the platform. Tabs also may be situated above the entry ways of channels for receiving the fork lift blades, with these tabs serving to guide the spaced blades, as well as to prevent closing of the entryways by sagging loads, and to protect the loads from the blade tips during entry into and exit from the channels.

Abstract: A portable shipping platform is provided which is particularly adapted for handling by both fork lift and slipsheet types of devices. The portion by which the platform is grippable in slipsheet fashion also provides a protector for subjacent surfaces from tips of the blades of a fork lift as well as a guide for vertical alignment of the blades with the platform. Tabs also may be situated above the entry ways of channels for receiving the fork lift blades, with these tabs serving to guide the spaced blades, as well as to prevent closing of the entryways by sagging loads, and to protect the loads from the blade tips during entry into and exit from the channels.