Abstract: A contoured layer pad has first and second pockets with the pockets receiving different portions of unstable articles, such as the base and neck portions of containers. The pockets have end portions at opposite sides with side portions extending from the end portions, and the pockets at the opposite sides are associated and/or in substantial alignment. The contoured layer pad is positioned between first and second layers of the articles with opposite end portions of the articles received in the pockets so that the middle portions of the articles are maintained in close proximity to one another to improve the stability of the layers of articles. The contoured layer pad may be formed to have central and peripheral portions and/or to receive articles in nested relationship.

Abstract: A pallet includes a plurality of hinges having a flip member which is easily rotated by hand between a first unextended position and a second extended position. When the flip member is flipped into the unextended position, it uncovers a cavity a pallet leg creates. Nesting of an empty pallet is possible when the flip members are in this position. Bar members preferably serve as a guide and glide the receiving pallet to slide in position during the nesting process. The pallet is stackable when the flip members are flipped into an extended position, covering up the leg cavities. Each of the hinges acts as a foot to support members of the receiving pallet. The pallet platform is preferably made of a sheet of metal. An angular bar member is preferably attached to the rectangular framework and serves as a border for the pallet. Holes are preferably found within the angular bar member. These holes allow manual lifting of the pallet using hooks.

Abstract: A lumbar support comprises a plurality of stackable platelets adapted to underlie a user's lumbar area, a pad attached to a top surface of an uppermost one of the platelets, and male/female mating connectors at the interface between platelets for interlocking the platelets together, and a protective pad on a bottom surface of a lowermost platelet. The platelets have variable height so that the user may selectively and incrementally adjust the height of the lumbar support to meet his or her particular lumbar support needs. The lumbar support preferably further includes a belt and/or guide members for adjustably and removably attaching the platelets to an exercise device, such as a weight lifting bench.

Abstract: An improved load bearing pallet includes an upper deck formed from a sheet of thermoplastic material with a load engaging surface and an opposing, substantially parallel lift engaging surface. Ridges, channels, depressions, and legs, are formed in the sheet with corresponding features being necessarily defined by the sheet on the opposite side. The pallet preferably includes a peripheral channel formed around a periphery of the upper deck and nine legs positioned in three rows of three creating two gaps on each side of the pallet for the tines of a fork lift to enter to lift the pallet. A plurality of strengthening ridges and channels are formed in the load bearing surface of the upper deck, with corresponding channels and ridges necessarily formed in the lifting surface of the upper deck, to resist bending and folding of the pallet.

Abstract: An easily fabricated communion tray and an assembly for using the communion tray in an assembly for large groups of participants.

Abstract: A nestable pallet includes a top deck which has an upper surface and a periphery, and also includes at least one foot member which extends from the periphery of the top deck. The foot member has a cutout which extends to the upper surface of the top deck, and which may be directed outwardly from the top deck. The cutout is arranged to receive a corresponding foot member of another pallet which is positioned thereabove in a nested orientation. The foot member may be disposed along a side of the top deck, or in a corner of the top deck. The pallet may also include at least one non-peripheral foot member extending downwardly from the top deck.

Abstract: A nestable pallet includes a top deck which has a substantially planar upper surface upon which a plurality of objects. The top deck has an upper surface and at least one opening formed therein. The pallet also includes a foot portion corresponding to the at least one opening. The foot portion has an inner surface, an outer surface, and an upright member which projects upwardly toward the top deck and has a hollow area disposed thereunder. In a nesting orientation, the hollow area receives the upward projecting member of a subjacent pallet. Preferably, the upper surface of the top deck portion is flat and substantially planar, upon which a plurality of objects are capable of resting. The opening, the inner surface and the upright member define a pocket for receiving the foot portion of a like pallet in a nesting orientation. In another embodiment, the pocket includes at least one aperture for drainage. In still another embodiment, the pocket includes at least one nesting stop portion.

Abstract: A structure of pallet for stacking pallets with wheels, each pallet has a stop barrier on the three sides of thereof, the remaining one side has a beveled surface tilting downward, two longitudinal grooves are provided on the two mutual opposite longitudinal sides of the pallet. A plurality of insertion holes are provided between the grooves. The pallet has thereunder a fixed wheel set and a movable wheel set, and has on the bottom thereof a plurality of engaging portions and engaging strips. When the pallets are stacked in a mutual orthogonal state, the engaging strips and engaging portions on the bottom of the upper pallet are respectively engaged in the insertion holes and longitudinal grooves on the lower pallet, so that the pallet structure has the function of direction correcting for positioning when in stacking of the pallets, and displacement and falling down of the pallets are surely prevented.

Abstract: The invention relates to a single sheet pallet comprising an upwards facing loadbearing surface, the loadbearing surface having four side edges which two by two are essentially mutually parallel, four legs each of which is arranged at a respective corner of the loadbearing surface and extending downwards from this, and side flanges extending downwards from each of the four side edges. The invention further relates to an assembly comprising four such pallets, each pallet covering an area corresponding to one fourth of a standardized pallet, and further comprising a support element having a central cutout for one leg of each of the four pallets, and along the circumferential edge cutouts for the remaining three legs of each pallet, and means for connecting the support element to the pallets.

Abstract: A stackable pallet includes a support plate and a plurality of legs. The legs are structured so as to be inserted into each other to form a storage stack of pallets. The legs can be placed on top of each other to form a self-standing work stack of pallets.

Abstract: A pallet includes a rectangular support deck having a substantially planar upper supporting surface including a plurality of channels formed therein extending across the pallet. The deck includes support members extending from an underside of the deck that nest in recesses formed in the upper surface of the deck. An alignment portion is formed at a center point along the first edge of the deck and a second alignment portion is formed at a center point of an opposed edge of the deck. An alignment portion includes angled sides for receiving a tapered member of a complementary device.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a modular structure, the structure including an upper platform and an underlying support element and structure is provided on at least one peripheral side of the upper platform or the support element for releasably engaging a reciprocal structure on another unit of the structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stackable carrying rack comprising a support base provided with support legs extending downwardly from the base and vertical support means mounted on the base and provided for supporting and storing a plurality of items placed in the rack. The support base has a configuration allowing to freely dispense items of smaller dimensions stored inside the rack downwardly though a central opening formed in the base without any obstructions or restrictions. The support base has a generally square configuration formed by side support members, and the central opening has a diamond-shaped configuration formed by reinforcement members extending between each adjacent side support member; the diamond-shaped configuration facilitates free dispensing of items through the central opening. Each of the reinforcement members forms a hypotenuse of a right triangle with respect to the adjacent side support members.