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A shipping pallet, a shipping container, and a system for, and method of, spacing and shipping knobbed glass cookware covers which includes a collapsible pallet, multiple cover partitions and a top plate. The pallet has a horizontal, fork lift compatible frame and four vertical corner posts which ma

A shipping pallet, a shipping container, and a system for, and method of, spacing and shipping knobbed glass cookware covers which includes a collapsible pallet, multiple cover partitions and a top plate. The pallet has a horizontal, fork lift compatible frame and four vertical corner posts which may be removed for purposes of storing/stacking empty pallets. Fully-loaded pallets with corner posts inserted may also be stacked one above the other. The partitions are formed from corrugated cardboard into a shape similar to that of the pallet and include corner notches to engage the pallet\s vertical posts. The pallets also have an array of circular indentations formed into their top surfaces and a small hole formed in the middle of each indentation. One glass cover\s knob may project through the small hole from the partition\s underside while a second cover\s lower rim may sit within an indentation on the partition\s top side. Covers from different layers are aligned in a vertical fashion upon the pallet. The foregoing assembly is secured by placing a rigid top plate, having holes to receive glass cover knobs, over the uppermost layer of covers and tying the partitions, covers and top plate to the pallet with wrapping straps to form a shipping container.

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An apparatus for stacking knobbed glass cookware covers, the apparatus comprising: (a) a pallet, said pallet including a frame structure having a plurality of corners, said pallet receiving a pallet top, said pallet also including vertical frame supports, each vertical frame support being securely a

An apparatus for stacking knobbed glass cookware covers, the apparatus comprising: (a) a pallet, said pallet including a frame structure having a plurality of corners, said pallet receiving a pallet top, said pallet also including vertical frame supports, each vertical frame support being securely attached to one of said corners of said frame structure, said pallet further including detachable vertical posts, each post being vertically insertable into an upper end of an associated frame support and vertically removable from said upper end; and (b) a plurality of partitions for separating layers of goods stacked upon said pallet wherein each of said goods is generally flat yet has an upright projection, the partition having a size and shape approximately equal to that of said pallet and whereupon a layer of goods may be placed, the partition further including a plurality of integrally-formed flaps, each flap assuming an upwardly-angled position as one of said projections from a layer of goods stacked immediately underneath the partition projects upward through an opening in the partition formed by said flap, wherein said detachable vertical posts have a height which is approximately equal to a horizontal width of said frame structure and may be laid upon said pallet top for storage purposes, wherein said frame supports extend a vertical distance upward above the plane in which said pallet top resides such that multiple pallets may be stacked one upon the other by nesting a lower end of one said frame support within an upper end of an adjacent frame support positioned immediately underneath, a dividing space created between frame structures of adjacently stacked pallets being of sufficient height to accommodate the width of said detachable vertical posts as they are laid horizontally upon said pallet top, wherein said partition is specifically designed for use with knobbed glass cookware covers and further including on its top side an array of indentations, each indentation substantially corresponding to the size and shape of a lower rim of each glass cover and serving as a guide by which accurate placement of said glass cover may be achieved, within each indentation is one of said flaps which is substantially formed from a small circular cut in the center and two radial cuts extending outward therefrom, said flap including a circular tip which remains in contact with a top side of a knob projecting through said opening to prevent said knob from touching a glass cover placed immediately above it on said top side of the partition, the partition further including a plurality of radial cuts extending from said indentation to said opening to allow the portion of the partition within said indentation to conform to an upper surface of said glass cover located directly underneath.