Patent ID: 6892651
Filing Date: 2005-05-17
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A modular storage platform system for constructing a storage platform, comprising: a plurality of crosspieces, each crosspiece having first and second ends, a top, first and second sides, a base, a central portion disposed midway between said first and second ends, and first and second crosspiece portions defined, respectively between said first end and said central portion and between said second end and said central portion; first and second engagement protrusions disposed, respectively, on said first and seconds ends of each crosspiece; an extension web extending between each engagement protrusion and its respective crosspiece end for spacing said engagement protrusion a distance away from the end of said crosspiece; a central receipt area defined in said central portion of each crosspiece, each central receipt area having first and second central receipt slots defined therein, said first and second central receipt slots facing, respectively, said first and second sides of said crosspiece and adapted to engage with an engagement protrusion of another crosspiece at right angles thereto, said central receipt area having a receipt hole defined therein; and a plurality of substantially rectangular connector members, each connector member having four sides at right angles to its adjacent sides, each side having an engagement protrusion receipt area and a receipt slot extending vertically therein for receiving therein an extension web and engagement protrusion disposed at the ends of each crosspiece, said connector member for interengaging said crosspieces at a right angle or in alignment with one another depending on which engagement protrusion receipt area said engagement protrusion is engaged into.