Patent ID: 8714307

Claim:
A support structure for supporting construction materials or work pieces or for the creation of a work surface, the support structure comprising: a plurality of sidewalls each including a pair of parallel edges and a pair of converging edges; a plurality of first and second apertures, wherein a first aperture is disposed in a first sidewall and a second aperture is disposed in an opposing second sidewall in alignment with the first aperture, the first and second apertures being configured and dimensioned to accept and support a supporting member placed therethrough in an orientation parallel to said parallel edges; and at least one interengaging member; wherein ones of said plurality of sidewalls are coupled along respective ones of said pairs of converging edges such that each of said converging edges couples to another of said converging edges so as to form a truncated pyramid with a hollow interior such that a first support structure may be nested inside a second support structure with both support structures in the same orientation, wherein said parallel edges form top and bottom ends, the top end being narrower than the bottom end, and wherein the top end defines an upper edge sized to contact the upper edge of a second said support structure when stacked thereon in an opposite, inverted orientation, and said at least one interengaging member is configured and dimensioned to cooperate between the support structure sidewalls along said contacting upper edges to maintain alignment between said contacting upper edges.