Patent ID: 7546706
Filing Date: 2009-06-16
Classification: A47B,E04H

Abstract:
1. A modular system for constructing platform and shelving structures, said system comprising: a plurality of modules, each module configurable in either a stowable or assembled configuration, each said module, in said assembled configuration, consisting essentially of: wherein each said module is configurable to said stowable configuration by rotating said second vertical rectangular panel and said horizontal rectangular panel about their hinged edges toward said opposing first and second vertical sides, respectively, of said central vertical rectangular panel until said second vertical rectangular panel and said horizontal rectangular panel are substantially parallel and adjacent to said central vertical rectangular panel, whereby a plurality of said modules in said stowable configuration can be stored in substantially the minimum possible space; and, wherein said plurality of modules comprises at least first and second modules and, when said first and second modules are configured in said assembled configuration, at least a portion of a bottom surface of said horizontal rectangular panel of said first module is supported by said top horizontal edge of said central or said second vertical rectangular panel of said second module.