Patent ID: 7798076

Claim:
A modular furniture system for the storage and support of components that, once assembled, form a piece of modular furniture, said system comprising: a base cabinet including a front, sides and a top and having a drawer used for storage, said drawer slidably supported in said base cabinet at said front thereof and able to be opened and closed; said cabinet base top provided with a series of holes; a plurality of planar shelf members with each planar shelf member having end disposed holes; a plurality of support members that attach the plurality of planar shelf members in at least one closed stacked array to the top of said base cabinet; each said support member including a post that attaches the shelf members to the base cabinet top by extending the post through the respective holes in the top of the base cabinet and the shelf member; the holes in the shelf members being provided in a same pattern as the holes in the top of the base cabinet so that the posts pass through both respective holes in the base cabinet top and shelf members; said post having an enlarged head at one end and threaded at the other end; a securing member that is engaged with the post to hold the shelf members in place against the top of the base cabinet; said securing member comprising a threaded ring for engagement with the threaded end of the post; wherein each of the shelf members comprises a planar shelf having opposed flat sides, and in which facing flat sides of adjacent shelves are in direct contact for all of the shelves when the post and ring are engaged and in place; and a plurality of modular leg members that are interengageable by screwing together and that are stored in said drawer; wherein the post attaches the shelf members to the base cabinet by passing the threaded end of the post through the holes in the shelf member and base cabinet top.