Patent ID: 6863003

Claim:
A pallet system comprising: a pallet; guide elements provided at the corners of the pallet; and a pallet support, the support comprising two parallel opposed horizontal rails of channel section, open towards each other and spaced to receive opposed side edge portions of a pallet moved in a horizontal plane between the rails, the rails comprising upper flanges and lower flanges, the rails comprising guides that interact with guide elements to center the pallet on the pallet support, the pallet bearing on substantially a full length of the lower flanges in a stowed position and there being prevented by the upper flanges from significant upward movement, the upper flanges being cut away at one end to expose to view from overhead the corresponding ends of the lower flanges, so that a pallet can be lowered to rest two of its corners on exposed ends of the lower flanges and thus be located before horizontal movement into the stowed position, wherein, the pallet is automatically centered by the guide elements interactively meeting the guides of the rails.