Abstract: Support structures, systems, and methods are disclosed. Among the support structures are pallets designed especially, although not necessarily exclusively, for cold-weather environments such as commercial refrigerators and freezers and refrigerated transport carriers. Such pallets may include non-skid materials and optionally are recyclable, have improved stacking and load-bearing attributes, and incorporate recycled materials.

Abstract: A nestable and stackable basket assembly for shipping or displaying bakery products includes a bottom wall, side walls and end walls. Stacking towers, including stepped slots formed in the end walls, project inwardly to define nesting stop surfaces at different and corresponding heights on the upper end thereof. A pair of movable lugs with upwardly facing support surfaces are provided on each end wall and are adjustable for selective engagement with corresponding stop surfaces. The lugs project inwardly from the end wall and are interconnected with a rack and pinion arrangement for equal and opposite sliding movement when one of the lugs is manually indexed. The lugs may be manually indexed along the end walls to achieve (1) a full nesting position, (2) two intermediate stacking positions, and (3) a full stacking position; all with the baskets being in a vertical in-line relationship and without end-to-end rotation of the baskets.