Patent ID: 6378707
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A knock-down bookshelf, comprising:a) a pair of substantially planar base panels each having a front edge, a rear edge, a top edge and a bottom edge, said front edges and said rear edges being substantially parallel, said front edges being longer than said rear edges, said base panels each comprising a front notch disposed it said top edge thereof proximate said front edge thereof and a rear notch disposed in said top edge thereof proximate said rear edge thereof, said front and said rear notches each being substantially perpendicular to said top edge of said base panels; b) a substantially rectangular planar front panel having top, bottom, left and right edges, said front panel having a left notch in said bottom edge thereof proximate said left edge thereof and a right notch in said bottom edge thereof proximate said right edge thereof, said left and said right notches being disposed substantially perpendicular to said bottom edge of said front panel, said left and said right notch each being adapted for slidable connection with said front notch of a first and a second of said pair of base panels, respectively; c) a substantially planar rear panel having top, bottom, left and right edges, said rear panel having a left notch in said bottom edge thereof proximate said left edge thereof and a right notch in said bottom edge thereof proximate said right edge thereof, said left and said right notches each being disposed substantially perpendicular to said bottom edge of said rear panel, said left and said right notch each being adapted for slidable connection with said rear notch of said first and said second of said pair of base panels, respectively; and d) a substantially rectangular planar base plate disposed on said top edges of said pair of base panels, a rear edge of said base panel being disposed proximate said rear panel, said base plate sloping rearwardly toward said rear panel.