Patent ID: 9554649
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A47B,E04H,F24F,H01Q

Claim:
1. A support for a modular framework system, the support comprising: a planar foot; a socket extending upwardly from the foot and having a substantially rectangular cross-section formed by opposed longer walls and opposed shorter walls extending upwardly from the foot, wherein the opposed longer walls define a long axis of the socket and the opposed shorter walls define a short axis of the socket, wherein the socket has a base and an opening and is provided with one or more elongate ribs between the base and the opening and extending into the socket, wherein each rib has a stepped configuration such that an operatively lower portion of the rib extends further into the socket than an operatively upper portion of the rib, and wherein the socket further comprises a projection extending upwardly from the base of the socket substantially the same height as the height of the longer and shorter walls, the projection having a spine aligned with the long axis of the socket.