Modular furniture system
Assignee2724889 Ontario Inc.
InventorsJacek Styrc, Sebastian Lysiak
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Abstract
A modular framework having a plurality of elongate structural members interconnected by brackets is provided. Each of the brackets includes at least one tubular socket to receive a structural member, and an array of holes is provided on a face of the socket to permit connection of an attachment to the bracket to support ancillary components.
Claims22
A structure having a frame defined by a plurality of elongate structural members, said structural members including a plurality of vertically extending posts and a plurality of longitudinal stringers extending between said posts, an upper end of each of said posts being connected to at least a pair of said longitudinal stringers by a bracket to define a corner of said frame, each bracket having a socket to receive an end of a respective one of the structural members converging to the respective corner, and each socket having a planar face inwardly directed toward a planar face of an adjacent socket to provide pairs of opposed planar faces on each of said brackets, a first hanger extending between opposed planar faces of a pair of said sockets connecting said longitudinal stringers at each corner and detachably secured thereto and a shade cloth connected to and extending between said hangers at each corner to provide a roof.
A structure having a frame defined by a plurality of elongate structural members, said structural members including a plurality of vertically extending posts and a plurality of longitudinal stringers extending between said posts, an upper end of each of said posts being connected to at least a pair of said longitudinal stringers by a bracket to define a corner of said frame, each bracket having a socket to receive an end of each of the structural members converging to the respective corner, and each socket having a planar face inwardly directed toward a planar face of an adjacent socket to provide pairs of opposed planar faces on each of said brackets, a first hanger extending between and detachably secured to a pair of opposed planar faces of said sockets connecting one of said longitudinal stringers and one of said posts at each corner and a wall panel extending between a pair of said brackets at adjacent corners, said wall panel having an upper edge connected to respective ones of said first hangers, and a lower edge of secured to an attachment point on a respective one of said posts to provide a side wall extending between a pair of said posts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.