Patent ID: 7713732

Claim:
A modular support system, comprising: (a) a multiplicity of polygonal bed platform modules having generally planar top surfaces and shaped to be arranged side-by-side contiguously to form a raised bed platform covering a selected area, (b) a multiplicity of bed support legs having upper ends engaged with bottom sides of the bed platform modules, and of length sufficient to support and elevate the bed platform modules above a base surface on which the support system rests, (c) corner pedestals in positions where a plurality of corners of the polygonal bed platform modules come together in the assembly, each corner pedestal having a plurality of portions positioned to engage with a bottom side of one of the bed platform modules, so that the corner pedestal supports all adjacent bed platform modules at said corners and retains the bed platform modules together at said corners, and (d) a large threaded fastener positioned centrally of each corner pedestal, securing the corners of the adjacent bed platform modules down against the corner pedestal by acting downwardly against the adjacent bed platform modules such that the bed platform modules adjacent to each corner pedestal are drawn more closely laterally together on assembly as the fastener pulls the platform modules down against the corner pedestal, whereby the bed platform modules are securely held together and to the corner pedestal at corners of the platform modules, and whereby the assembled modular support system can support a relatively heavy load in a secure and stable manner.