A support for use with a ball transfer unit associated, in use, with a double-skinned
deck panel, the support being characterised by being elongate, rigid, and adapted
at one end to receive the housing of a ball transfer unit and to seat beneath a
peripheral shoulder of the housing which is presented in use towards the lower
skin of the panel, the support further being shaped at its opposite end to present
to the lower skin of the panel, in use, a "foot-print" which includes and exceeds
the "foot-print" presented in use by the ball transfer unit housing to the lower
skin of the panel, the length of the support being such that, in use, with the
"foot-print" of the support engaging the lower skin of the panel, the ball of the
ball transfer unit protrudes from the upper skin of the panel by a predetermined,
desired amount. There is also disclosed a support and unit combination, a deck
panel, and a method of repairing a deck panel.
