Patent ID: 9326413
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A47B,H05K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A modular storage system comprising: a first module; a second module being coupled to the first module; a plurality of mating fasteners; a plurality of additional side members each including upper and lower longitudinal attachment features running along a length of a respective additional side member along a longitudinal axis of the respective additional side member; and a plurality of joint members; wherein each of the first and second modules comprising: a top panel and a bottom panel, each of the top panel and bottom panel comprising first and second opposed edges; and first and second extruded identical side members, each of the first and second extruded identical side members comprising: a top edge and a bottom edge, each edge defining a self-tapping channel for receiving ones of the plurality of mating fasteners, wherein top edges of the first and second extruded identical side members being attached to opposed edges of the top panel, and the bottom edges of the first and second extruded identical side members being attached to opposed edges of the bottom panel using ones of the plurality of mating fasteners, and a longitudinal attachment feature running along a length of a respective extruded identical side member along a longitudinal axis of the respective extruded identical side member, wherein the longitudinal attachment features of respective extruded identical side members of the first and the second modules enabling the coupling together of the first and second modules, wherein when the first and second modules are positioned on top of one another, longitudinal attachment features of respective first and second modules are aligned with corresponding longitudinal attachment features of an additional side member and wherein the joint members are sized and shaped to engage with the longitudinal attachment features so as to enable the first and second modules to be coupled in a stacked configuration.