Modular interlocking assembly system
AssigneeTruly Modular Systems
InventorsBrian Bordovsky, Brent Bordovsky
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Abstract
A system of individual components that interlock and secure to create a rigid structure using a modular system is disclosed. The modular system is further comprised of a combination individual connectors, rails, and panels. The individual components can be used to build either rectangular cuboids, cubic, non-cubic structures, and/or combinations thereof in primarily two-dimensional or three-dimensional structures as the components may be designed to join or interlock together with or without the aid of consecutive joining pieces. A rectangular cuboid on its own can be used for boxes, shipping crates, storage units, etc. without limitation.
Claims19
A modular system comprising:
- a. a first connector shaped as a rectangular cuboid having six connector faces, wherein each said connector face is formed with a T-shaped slot bisecting said connector face and extending inward from said connector face;
- b. a rail having a rectilinear cross-sectional shape and a length, said rail comprising:
- i. a first groove side face;
- ii. a first channel side face adjacent to said first groove side face;
- iii. a first end face oriented in a plane that is perpendicular to both said first groove side face and said first channel side face;
- iv. a first peg extending outward from said first end face, wherein said first peg is configured with a cross-sectional shape and size such that said first peg is slidably engageable with each said slot of said first connector such that, as said first peg is positioned in said slot, a position of said rail is simultaneously fixed with respect to a position of said first connector in two dimensions but moveable along a length of said slot;
- v. a groove formed in said first groove side face and extending along said length of said rail;
- vi. a channel formed in said first channel side face and extending along said length of said rail;
- c. a panel having a length, a width, and a thickness, said panel comprising:
- i. a panel face constituting said length and said width of said panel, wherein said panel face is rectilinear in shape;
- ii. a standard edge along said length of said panel face, wherein said standard edge is configured to be selectively inserted into said channel;
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- iii. a rib edge along said width of said panel face, wherein said rib edge is configured with a cross-sectional shape and size such that said panel is slidably engageable with said groove formed in said first groove side face of said rail such that, as said rib edge is positioned in said groove, a position of said panel is simultaneously fixed with respect to the position of said rail in two dimensions but moveable along said length of said rail.
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