Patent ID: 7591401
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: A45F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A solid structural member of incrementally adjustable length comprising: a first solid length of material having two ends, two widthwise faces, two lengthwise edges, and two lengthwise faces, said lengthwise edges having some portion of their length shaped into one or more repetitions of a base pattern and each widthwise face extends between the two lengthwise edges; a second solid length of material having two ends, two widthwise faces, two lengthwise edges, and two lengthwise faces, said lengthwise edge having some portion of their length shaped into multiple repetitions of said base pattern and each widthwise face extends between the two lengthwise edges; and a fastening bracket with inner surfaces designed to interlock snugly into one or more repetitions of said base pattern such that when one of said widthwise faces of said first solid length of material is brought to abut one of said widthwise faces of said second solid length of material such that one or more repetitions of said base pattern along said lengthwise edges of said first solid length of material are aligned with one or more repetitions of said base pattern along said lengthwise edges of said second solid length of material, said fastening bracket may be engaged into one or more aligned base patterns so as to securely fasten said first and second solid lengths of material together to form a single solid structural member of fixed length; wherein said fastening bracket may be disengaged from said solid lengths of material and said solid lengths of material rearranged into other positions relative to one another such that one or more repetitions of said base pattern along said lengthwise edges of said first solid length of material are aligned with one or more repetitions of said base pattern along said lengthwise edge of said second solid length of material, allowing for reassembly of said bracket with said first and second solid lengths of material into any of numerous configurations so as to create a solid structural member of any of multiple fixed lengths, wherein said solid lengths of material abut against each other on only one widthwise face when engaged to each other by the fastening bracket in a non-telescoping configuration; and wherein said base pattern is a concave wave trough and the corresponding interior surfaces of said fastening bracket are shaped into wave crests complementary to said concave wave through.