Patent ID: 8695512

Claim:
A pallet comprising: a convex surface having four edges, each edge having a first and second end, wherein at least two opposite edges have a convex shape between said first and second ends; at least two indentations in said convex surface defining at least two stringers respectively, each of the at least two stringers having a first and second end connected to the first and second ends of said opposite edges; and at least one taut cable connected between a first end and a second end at a bottom part of at least one of said stringers, said taut cable adapted to prevent or reduce declining of the at least one stringer when the pallet is loaded, wherein the indentations are sized to receive a matching stringer and taut cable of another pallet and wherein the at least two stringers each has a planar bottom surface geometry extending from the first end to the second end lying on a same plane.