Abstract: An improved pallet is provided that has a support surface sloped from the outside edges or perimeter to the center of the pallet so that boxes stacked on the pallet will tend to lean toward the center of the pallet. The pallet also is provided with ventilation holes arranged in the surface of the pallet to be aligned with ventilation holes in fruit and vegetable boxes stacked thereon so that cooling air may be circulated through the bottom of the pallet and up through the boxes. Racking members are also provided on the underside of the pallet to offer structural integrity when the pallet is resting on racks.

Abstract: An insertable hub-shaped bracing device for preserving the shape of large coils, consisting of a circular disk having a U-shaped cross-section and a cylindrical opening in its center, the disk being insertable in the cylindrical cores of large coils.

Abstract: A one-piece pallet formed of a non-risable mixture of fibers and a heat-hardenable binding agent is designed so that in loaded condition it can be supported in a transporting device or suspended on a stand and two edges of the pallet are supported on the supports wherein trough-shaped corner legs of the pallet are connected with one another by channel-like connecting webs which are curved inwardly and do not contact any other legs of the pallet.