Patent ID: 6431372
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A47B,B65D

Abstract:
A support unit for supporting an end of a long object comprising:a single, substantially planar, three-dimensional elongate plate member having substantially parallel planar side faces and substantially parallel first and second elongate edges, said first elongate edge including a shelf portion on which an end of a long object may be supported; at least two pairs of three-dimensional connecting members of equal length, said pairs spaced along the length of the elongate plate member, the connecting members of each pair each having a substantially planar surface attached to one of the side faces of said elongate plate member, a first end of each connecting member being located along a side face and between the edges of the elongate plate member, and the other end of all connecting members overhanging the same edge of the elongate plate member, said first ends all being equidistant from an edge of the elongate plate member, and said other overhanging ends all being equidistant from said same edge thereof; each pair of connecting members thereby forming an open-ended concave region of surfaces capable of accommodating an edge portion of another elongate plate member; wherein the support unit is adapted to be stacked substantially vertically atop another support unit with the second edge of the elongate plate member of an upper support unit fitted into the concave regions formed by the pairs of connecting members of a lower support unit, with the planar faces of the connecting members of the lower support unit being parallel and contiguous to the side faces of the elongate plate member of the upper support unit.