Patent ID: 6783197
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A storage system made of cardboard comprising:a load bearing structure defining a rectangular storage space, the load-bearing structure being formed of cardboard members and the cardboard members comprising: a vertically extending mantle having: a U-shaped horizontal form; a vertical rear plate; a pair of vertical side plates extending from the rear plate, the rear plate and the side plates providing the U-shaped form; side plate extensions providing vertically extending reinforcement members formed by folding back the side plate extensions about multiple parallel and spaced folds; a pair of vertically extending U-shaped lateral channels, each channel being defined by one of the side plates, one of the vertically extending reinforcing members and the rear plate, the lateral channels facing inwardly of the mantle and toward another; and upper and lower end regions; upper and lower horizontal cross reinforcement members extending between the side plates and having end portions received in the lateral channels, the cross reinforcement members being fixed to the upper and lower end regions of the mantle respectively; at least one horizontally disposed storage element extending between the side plates and having end portions received in the lateral channels; and at least one pair of load-bearing vertical spacing members, one spacing member of each pair being disposed in each of the lateral channels to bear downwardly on the lower cross reinforcement members at a first end while upwardly supporting the storage element at a second end or to bear downwardly on the storage element at a first end, while upwardly supporting the upper cross reinforcement member at a second end.