Patent ID: 6241108
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A modular shelving unit comprising:at least three upright posts being spaced apart from each other;at least one shelf supported between said at least three upright posts;spacers respectively attached on said at least three posts;sockets provided on said at least one shelf for being respectively fitted around the spacers in such a manner as to support said at least one shelf between said at least three posts;at least one of said at least three posts including at least two tubular members and at least one interconnecting member for detachably interconnecting adjacent tubular members of said at least two tubular members together via attaching means;said at least two tubular members each having opposite edges and an inner circumferential wall defining annular inclined surfaces, said annular inclined surfaces being radially and outwardly inclined, as they advance to adjacent edges of said opposite edges; andsaid at least one interconnecting member having an outer circumferential wall with opposite end portions and a flange-like stopper radially and outwardly projecting from said outer circumferential wall,wherein said adjacent tubular members of said at least two tubular members are interconnected to said at least one interconnecting member via said attaching means with mutually facing edges of the adjacent tubular members abutting each other, said annular inclined surfaces of the adjacent tubular members together form a positioning groove continuously extending along the abutting edges of the adjacent tubular members, and said flange-like stopper is fitted into said positioning groove with the flange-like stopper resting on the inclined surfaces of the positioning groove.