Space saving nestable skeletal pallet

A pallet capable of being stably positioned on a horizontal surface, of defining in use at least a skeletal support surface for a load and of defining a tine engageable surface or surfaces below said support surface and above any such horizontal surface approachable by at least one tine from at least two directions, to allow the uplifting of said pallet from the horizontal surface when in a load supporting condition, the pallet comprising two beam assemblies, each of a plurality of substantially parallel longitudinal beams linked to fix directly or indirectly neighboring beams in lateral juxtaposition,

• said two beam assemblies capable of articulation relative to each other about an axis substantially transverse to a longitudinal direction of said beams,
• said beams of said two assemblies providing spacings into which like beams can substantially nest from below to allow
• in a first mode, base to base nesting of beams of different pallets, and
• in a second mode, base to base self nesting of said beams of said beam assemblies upon articulation, thereby to provide a reduction in the overall volume of
• (i) any pairing of pallets in said first mode or
• (ii) any individual articulated pallet in said second mode, wherein said pallet by means of at least one transverse opening through each of the beam assemblies can accommodate a fork from opposite horizontal directions, when the pallet is positioned on a horizontal surface.