Patent ID: 7100999

Claim:
A modular storage and/or display system, comprising: a plurality of modules, each of said modules including opposed first and second sides, each of said first and second sides having front and rear edges and lateral edges, opposed third and fourth sides, each of said third and fourth sides having front and rear edges and lateral edges, said third and fourth sides being perpendicular to said first and second sides and said lateral edges of said third and fourth sides being coupled to said lateral edges of said first and second sides to thereby provide said module with a rectangular shape, a male connecting member provided on an outer surface of each of said first and third sides, a female connecting member provided on an outer surface of each of said second and fourth sides, said female connecting member having a structure complementary to said male connecting member, and only a single additional male or female connecting member provided on each of said first and second sides such that each of said first and second sides includes only two connecting members, said single additional connecting member provided on said first side being a female connecting member and said single additional connecting member provided on said second side being a male connecting member, said two connecting members on each of said first and second sides being spaced apart from one another by a portion of said outer surface of said first or second side, each of said third and fourth sides including only one connecting member, said male and female connecting members being arranged on said first, second, third and fourth sides such that said male and female connecting members follow one another around the periphery of said module in an alternating manner whereby said male connecting member on said third side is not adjacent to said male connecting members on said first and second sides and said female connecting member on said fourth side is not adjacent to said female connecting members on said first and second sides, each of said modules being connectable to any other of said modules by coupling one of said male and female connecting members on said module to an opposite one of said male and female connecting members on the other one of said modules to thereby enable the formation of various configurations of said modules.