Patent ID: 9155387
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A47B,A47C,A61H,B65G,E02D,E04H

Abstract:
1. A support system comprising: a post comprising an attachment member having a plurality of threads formed therein; an adjustment foot attachable to support said post, said adjustment foot including (i) a shank and (ii) a threaded portion having a plurality of threads sized and shaped to be received by the plurality of threads of the attachment member; and an anti-corrosion post protector disposable about a bottom portion of said post, an interior surface of said post protector being sized and shaped to fit tightly over an exterior surface of the bottom portion of said post, wherein said post includes at least one of attaching means for attaching a shelf thereto and supporting means for supporting a shelf, wherein said post protector comprises an elastomeric material, wherein an aperture is formed in a bottom portion of said post protector through which the shank and threaded portion of said adjustment foot are disposed when said post protector is disposed about the bottom portion of said post and said adjustment foot is attached to the attachment member of said post, wherein the aperture of said post protector has a cross section with cross-sectional dimensions less than cross-sectional dimensions of the shank of said adjustment foot, and wherein when said post protector is disposed about the bottom portion of said post and said adjustment foot is attached to the attachment member of said post, the shank of said adjustment foot causes the cross-sectional dimensions of the aperture to increase to match the cross-sectional dimensions of the shank.