Braced flooring tray support system and method

A braced flooring tray support system comprising:

• (a) a braced pedestal subsystem including
• (i) a plurality of pedestal elements, each said pedestal element having a base element, a tray support element and a pedestal tube extending therebetween along a pedestal axis, at least two of said pedestal elements including a brace interface element, the brace interface elements having a plurality of attachment apertures;
• and
• (ii) a multiplicity of brace elements, each said brace element having an opposing pair of pedestal interface portions and extending in length-adjustable fashion therebetween along a respective brace axis;
• and
• (b) one or more tray elements, each said tray element having corners, each said corner being configured to supportedly engage a respective said tray support element;
• wherein each said pedestal interface portion includes
• (i) a slot configured to engageably receive a brace engagement portion of a said brace interface element;
• (ii) at least one pin alignment aperture intersecting the slot;
• and
• (iii) a corresponding brace fastener element configured to be manually installed in and removed from the pedestal interface portion, each said brace fastener element including at least one fastener pin configured to extend through a respective said pin alignment aperture and a respective said attachment aperture when the brace fastener element is installed;
• and
• wherein the brace interface elements include one or more radially-extending brace engagement portions through which the attachment apertures extend.