the case in the prior art application_number US 12205893 A description a preferred embodiment of a device 1a according to the present invention has a metallic or wooden pallet 1 made up of two pairs 12 13 of opposing frame members and a pair of adjustable positioning clamps 2a 2b slidably mounted in preferably tracks 25a 25b on one pair 12 of members of the pallet 1 as illustrated in fig1 the adjustable positioning clamps 2a 2b are made up of a positioning bar 3 having two positioning pegs 4a 4b mounted on and extending from a surface of the bar 3 and suitable fastening means 5 such as a screw or pin for engaging the positioning bar 3 to hold it in a desired position relative to the pallet 1 as stated previously a boot quarter 6 is most typically a flat piece of single or multi ply leather or leather like material with two straight opposing edges 7a 7b and two roughly straight curved or chevron shaped opposing edges 8a 8b at about 90 u00b0 to the straight edges 7 in such a typical boot quarter construction the device 1a of the present invention places adjacent the apices 9a 9b of the chevron shaped edges 8a 8b of the boot quarter 6 the two pegs 4a 4b respectively the positioning bar 3 is slidably adjusted so that the positioning peg 4a may be seated in the apex 9a of the chevron shaped edge 8a the other peg 4b may then be placed in position on the bar 3 adjacent the.