PALETTE

摘要

PCT No. PCT/GB93/01507 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 12, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 12, 1995 PCT Filed Jul. 16, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/02367 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 1994A pallet system includes a modular base element providing a horizontal supporting surface (17) and, at each corner, an array of vertical sockets (6, 7, 8) and a plurality of modular side elements having uprights (20, 21) arranged to mate with the sockets of the base element in order to stand vertically at a horizontal edge of the latter, the side elements being capable of being assembled with the base in either of two relatively horizontally displaced positions in one of which a vertical edge (24) thereof can engage and locate an upright (20) of a similar element assembled to an adjacent horizontal edge of the same base element, to form a corner, and in the other of which the vertical edge (24) can engage and locate an upright (20) of a similar element assembled to an adjacent horizontal edge of another base element mating with the first, to form an extended coplanar vertical wall.