Patent ID: 6056382
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A structure for a piece of furniture comprising at least one vertical board forming an upright, at least one horizontal board forming a shelf, support means for supporting the shelf on the upright at a predetermined height, wherein said upright is made of glass and has equally wavy opposing surfaces with alternating horizontal crests and depressions on said opposing surfaces with the crests on one surface being offset vertically with respect to the crests on an opposing surface, said support means are comprised of said crests and said vertical board is wavy over the entire length of the vertical board, wherein the shelf is supported on the vertical board by the interposition of a bearing gasket secured to an end edge of the shelf and having a thickness substantially equal to the thickness of the shelf, the bearing gasket is disposed between two of said successive crests of the vertical board and has limited contact with the vertical board and the shelf.