Patent ID: 6695418
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: A47B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A modular shelving system comprising:at least a first cabinet assembly including a plurality of risers and a plurality of generally vertically oriented panels interconnected at a plurality of corners to define an interior space; at least one first panel extension extending from a portion of a first one of said vertically oriented panels, and at least one second panel extension extending from a portion of a second one of said vertically oriented panels, wherein the second pane is adjacent to the first panel, each extension including a top surface, a bottom surface, and a through hole extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, wherein the hole of the first panel and the hole of the adjacent, second panel are concentrically aligned and the first and second panel extensions are in contact at one of the plurality of corners; wherein one of the plurality of risers is received in the concentrically aligned holes of the first and second extensions to form one of the plurality of corners, and wherein each of the first panel extension and second panel extension has a height that is approximately one-half the panel height of a respective one of the first and second panels.