Patent ID: 8833720
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A47B,G06F

Abstract:
1. A modular support device adapted to support a plurality of articles, said modular support device comprising: a plurality of interconnected inner bases, each of said inner bases including an upstanding plate member, first and second slidable connecting members extending transversely and respectively in opposite directions on two opposite sides of said upstanding plate member, and two first support members that are disposed on two opposite sides of said upstanding plate member and that have support faces at a level higher than that of said first and second slidable connecting members, each of said first support members being disposed between said upstanding plate member and one of said first and second slidable connecting members, said first slidable connecting member of one of said inner bases in each adjacent pair of said inner bases being connectible to said second slidable connecting member of the other of said inner bases in the respective adjacent pair of said inner bases; said first and second slidable connecting members of said inner bases in each adjacent pair being slidable relative to each other to adjust a distance between said upstanding plate members of said inner bases; each of said first support members of one of said inner bases cooperating with one of said first support members of the other of said inner bases for supporting one of the articles on said support faces thereof; and said upstanding date member of one of said inner bases in each adjacent pair of said inner bases cooperating with said upstanding plate member of the other of said inner bases in the respective adjacent pair of said inner bases to sandwich therebetween one of the articles; wherein each of said inner bases further includes a hollow base portion that surrounds a lower part of said upstanding plate member, said hollow base portion including two opposite first walls respectively facing and spaced apart from said opposite sides of said upstanding plate member, two opposite second walls interconnecting said first walls, and two connecting webs respectively connecting said second walls to said lower part of said upstanding plate member, each of said first support members being connected to one of said opposite sides of said upstanding plate member and one of said first walls.