Patent ID: 7516590

Claim:
Modular support system comprising: at least four connected pairs of tube-shaped upright elements; a plurality of C-shaped coupling members respectively positioned at a selected plurality of locations along the length of each upright element, wherein said plurality of C-shaped members at each selected location substantially encompass the circumference of the upright element; at least one tube-shaped coupling member for mutually connecting each pair of upright elements at the ends thereof into a compact compound element; at least one adjustable spindle assembly being mounted resistantly to tensile strain attached to the lower and/or upper side of an upright assembly, which spindle assembly is provided with a coupling and anti-flexure part which is also provided with a plurality of C-shaped coupling members substantially encompassing the circumference of the coupling part; at least four intermediate frames for mutually interconnecting said connected pairs of upright elements, each intermediate frame comprising: two mutually distantly spaced parallel horizontally positioned girders interconnected by means of lattice elements, whereby each of both free ends of a girder is provided with a coupling device which connects each of the four free ends of the intermediate frame with an adjacent vertical upright element and/or spindle assembly using said C-shaped coupling members, in such a manner, that the modular support system in its assembled position is transportable as a whole and adjustable in height.