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A pallet of moldable material, such as high density polyethylene, is ideally suited for transporting yarn packages having tubular cores. The pallet includes top and bottom surfaces with a repeating pattern of nubs upstanding from the top surface and a repeating pattern of depressions in the bottom s

A pallet of moldable material, such as high density polyethylene, is ideally suited for transporting yarn packages having tubular cores. The pallet includes top and bottom surfaces with a repeating pattern of nubs upstanding from the top surface and a repeating pattern of depressions in the bottom surface, the depression pattern tracking the nub pattern. The nubs are shaped and dimensioned to receive one end of the yarn package tube thereover, and flexed to provide maximum surface contact with the inside of the tube. The outer surface of the tube also is received within a recess in the top surface surrounding the nub. A number of yarn packages are assembled on a pallet, and an identical pallet is disposed on top of the yarn packages, the depressions in the bottom surface of the top pallet receiving ends of the yarn package cores. The top and bottom pallets cooperate with the yarn package cores to ensure a stable handling unit with very little lateral shifting of yarn packages, and any number of layers may be provided.

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A pallet formed of two sheets of fused, molded material, comprising: a generally planar top surface, and a generally planar bottom surface sufficiently spaced from the said top surface to provide a rigid pallet, said top surface formed by one of said sheets and said bottom surface by the other of sa

A pallet formed of two sheets of fused, molded material, comprising: a generally planar top surface, and a generally planar bottom surface sufficiently spaced from the said top surface to provide a rigid pallet, said top surface formed by one of said sheets and said bottom surface by the other of said sheets; a pattern of nubs upstanding from said top surface, each nub surrounded by a recess in said top surface; a pattern of depressions formed on said bottom surface, said pattern of depressions tracking said pattern of nubs upstanding from said top surface; each of said nubs shaped and dimensioned to receive the inner surface of a first tube thereover, and provide maximum resilient surface contact with the inside of the first tube when a bottom portion of the tube is received in said recess surrounding said nub; and each depression in said bottom surface dimensioned to receive another tube substantially indentical to said first tube therein.