form a cube for compact storage and reduced shipping cost for example over 450 chains or more than 7200 rod clip stands may be nested and stacked so as to fit into a standard 2 ft u00d7 2 ft u00d7 2 ft box one or more chains 40 can be carried on a belt so that a reinforcing ironworker or rod buster can quickly and efficiently fabricate a lattice or grid structure using these rod clip stands in this configuration the rod clip stand 10 can be used in a quick and efficient manner for example the reinforcing ironworker or rod buster may secure one to several chains 40 of rod clip stands 10 to a belt or other garment once a rebar grid is laid out the rod buster simply breaks off a rod clip stand 10 and drops it down on top of rod element 14 so that it sits in the third concaved surface 24 s of the arched portion 22 next rod element 12 is held up against rod element 14 and the rod clip stand 10 is slid into engagement with rod element 12 and rotated clockwise as shown in fig5 so that it captures rod element 12 in the first and second concaved surfaces 18 s 20 s of the cradle portion.