Patent ID: 6637608
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: A47B,A47F

Abstract:
A freestanding frame for supporting shelves, comprising a pair of posts;wherein said pair of posts are for extending upwardly from a carpeted horizontal surface; wherein said pair of posts are for resting against a wall; and wherein said pair of posts are for supporting the shelves; further comprising a pair of braces; wherein said pair of braces extend from one post to the other post; wherein said pair of braces extend in an X configuration, wherein each post has an uppermost vertical member; wherein said uppermost member is slender; wherein said uppermost member is elongated; wherein said uppermost member has a rearwardmost surface; wherein said rearwardmost surface of said uppermost member is for extending against the wall; wherein said uppermost member has a forwardmost surface; wherein said uppermost member has a lowermost end; wherein said lowermost end of said uppermost member is for positioning just above the carpeted horizontal surface; wherein said uppermost member has an uppermost end, wherein each brace is slender; wherein each brace is elongated; wherein each brace has an uppermost end; wherein said uppermost end of each brace has a throughbore; wherein each brace has a lowermost end; wherein said lowermost end of each brace has a throughbore; wherein each brace has a midpoint; wherein said midpoint of each brace is midway between said uppermost end thereof and said lowermost end thereof; wherein said midpoint of each brace has a throughbore, wherein said uppermost end of one brace is attached to said uppermost vertical member of one post, in proximity of said uppermost end of said uppermost vertical member of said one post by a first screw; wherein said first screw extends into said throughbore in said uppermost end of said one brace and into a selected one of a plurality of blindbores in said rearwardmost surface of said uppermost vertical member of said one post; wherein said lowermost end of said one brace is attached to said uppermost vertical member of the other post, in proximity of said lowermost end of said uppermost vertical member of said other post by a second screw; wherein said second screw extends into said throughbore in said lowermost end of said one brace and into a selected one of a plurality of blindbores in said rearwardmost surface of said uttermost vertical member of said other post; wherein said uppermost end of the other brace is attached to said uppermost vertical member of said other post, in proximity of said uppermost end of said uppermost vertical member of said other post by a third screw; wherein said third screw extends into said throughbore in said uppermost end of said other brace and into a selected one of said blindbores in said rearwardmost surface of said uppermost vertical member of said other post; wherein said lowermost end of said other brace is attached to said uppermost vertical member of said one post, in proximity of said lowermost end of said uppermost vertical member of said one post by a fourth screw; and wherein said fourth screw extends into said throughbore in said lowermost end of said other brace and into a selected one of said blindbores in said rearwardmost surface of said uppermost vertical member of said one post, wherein said one brace is attached to said other brace by a fifth screw; wherein said fifth screw extends into said throughbore in said midpoint of said one brace and into said throughbore in said midpoint of said other brace, wherein each brace has a lowermost member; wherein each brace has an uppermost member; wherein said undermost member of each brace extends colinearly from said lowermost member of an associated brace; and wherein said uttermost member of each brace overlaps said lowermost member of an associated brace, wherein said lowermost member of each brace extends from said lowermost end of an associated brace, past said midpoint of said associated brace, to an uppermost end of each brace, wherein said uppermost member of each brace has a throughslot; wherein said throughslot extends longitudinally through said uppermost member of each brace, from just inward of said uppermost end of an associated brace to just inward of said lowermost end of said uppermost member of said associated brace, wherein said lowermost member of each brace has a throughslot; wherein said throughslot extends longitudinally through said lowermost member of each brace, from just inward of said lowermost end of an associated brace to just inward of said uppermost end of said lowermost member of said associated brace, wherein said uppermost member and said lowermost member of each brace are slidably attached to each other by a pair of second locking apparatuses.