Patent ID: 6230632
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A modular space system comprising:a first lower frame having a plurality of first studs extending above an upper surface of the first lower frame;a second frame having a plurality of second studs, each second stud having a first portion extending above an upper surface of the second frame and a second portion extending below a lower surface of the second frame; anda plurality of posts extending longitudinally between the first lower frame and the second frame and having a first open end and a second open end, the first open ends of the posts receiving the first studs and the second open ends of the posts receiving the second portion of the second studs, to couple the first lower frame and the second frame in longitudinally spaced relation to each other, the plurality of posts including a first forward post and a second forward post spaced laterally from each other and a first rearward post and a second rearward post spaced laterally from each other and from the first and second forward posts, the first forward post having a first slot aligned with a second slot provided in the first rearward post, a first planar member being received by and extending between the first and second slots, a third slot provided in the second forward post being aligned with a fourth slot provided in the second rearward post, a second planar member being received by and extending between the third and fourth slots, and a fifth slot provided in the first rearward post aligned with a sixth slot provided in the second rearward post, a third planar member being received by and extending between the fifth and sixth slots, the first, second and third planar members forming three sides of an enclosure, and wherein the first and second frames have a substantially tubular outer surface and a top surface and a bottom surface of each of the plurality of posts is provided with a groove having a curvature to matingly engage the tubular outer surface of the first and second frames.