Patent ID: 8770883

Claim:
A modular platform assembly, comprising: a plurality of pivot connectors, each pivot connector having a first connecting part that includes a male pivot member having a first engagement surface and a plurality of tabs that extend outward from the first engagement surface, and a first mounting member that is connected to the male pivot member, each pivot connector having a second connecting part that includes a female pivot member having a wall that includes an interior surface, a second engagement surface, and a plurality of arcuate slots that extend through the wall from the second engagement surface to the interior surface, and a second mounting member that is connected to the female pivot member, wherein the first connecting part is connectable to the second connecting part such that the first engagement surface of the male pivot member is in engagement with the second engagement surface of the female pivot member, and each tab of the plurality of tabs is receivable in a respective slot of the plurality of arcuate slots such that the first connecting part is pivotable with respect to the second connecting part around a pivot axis over a limited range of motion, and each tab from the plurality of tabs is engageable with the interior surface of the wall of the female pivot member to restrain movement of the male pivot member away from the female pivot member along the pivot axis, and the first connecting part and the second connecting part cooperate to define a bore that extends through the first connecting part and the second connecting part of each pivot connector along the pivot axis of each pivot connector; and a support rod that extends through the bore of each pivot connector from the plurality of pivot connectors.