US 12,398,841 B2Granted

Modular utility system

AssigneeArchi Enterprises Inc.

InventorAlexander Leblanc

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Abstract

A kit of portable modular components for use in demountably configuring a variety of structural assemblies. The kit comprises three types of elongate structural support components wherein the first type has a pair of opposed male ends, the second type has a male end and an opposed female end, and the third type has a pair of opposed female ends, wherein the male ends are configured for demountable engagement with the female ends. Each of the male ends comprises a cylindrical body with at least one linear set of two spaced-apart prongs around the circumferential surface of the cylindrical body. Each of the female ends has a cylindrical receptacle with one or more linear channels for receiving therein the cylindrical body and the at least one linear set of prongs. The female ends are provided with locking assemblies for releasable engagement the male ends.

Claims52

Dependent claims

A kit of portable modular components for use in demountably configuring a structural assembly, the kit comprising:

two or more of a male end component having a distal end comprising a cylindrical body having at least one linear set of prongs around a circumferential surface of the cylindrical body wherein each set of prongs has two or more spaced apart prongs, and a proximal end comprising one of a flat base or a concave base;
and
one or more of a first elongate structural support component having a pair of opposed female ends;
and/or
one or more of a second elongate structural support component having the male end component at one end and the female end at the opposite end;
and/or
one or more of a third elongate structural support component having the female end at one end and an end cap at the opposite end;
wherein each of said female ends has a cylindrical receptacle configured for demountably receiving and engaging therein the cylindrical body;
and
each of said female ends is provided with one or more locking assemblies for releasable engagement therein with the male end component at the end of one of the second elongate structural support component;
or
the male end component extending radially from one of the first, second, or third elongate structural support components;
or
the male end component at an end of or extending radially from one of a fourth elongate structural support component having a pair of opposed male ends, or
the male end component at the end of or extending radially from one of a fifth elongate structural support component having the male end component at one end and an end cap at the opposite end;
or
the male end component extending radially from one of a sixth elongate structural support component having a pair of opposed end caps.

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A kit of parts for configuring a rail-rolling device, the device comprising:

a top carriage plate having an outward-facing surface, an opposed inward rail-facing surface, a pair of roller assemblies engaged with said top carriage plate at approximate opposite ends of said top carriage plate, wherein each assembly of the pair of roller assemblies comprises an axle block having matching inclined axle ends extending toward or from the inward rail-facing surface of said top carriage plate, and wherein each of said inclined axle ends has a free-spinning roller demountably engaged with each end;
a bottom carriage plate having an outward-facing surface, an opposed inward rail-facing surface;
and a pair of roller assemblies engaged with said bottom carriage plate at approximate opposite ends of said bottom carriage plate, wherein each assembly of the pair of roller assemblies comprises an axle block having matching inclined axle ends extending toward or from the inward rail-facing surface of said bottom carriage plate and wherein each of said inclined axle ends has a free-spinning roller demountably engaged with each end;
and
at least one first side plate affixed at a first end to the inward rail-facing surface or a side edge of said top carriage plate interposed on the pair of roller assemblies, and wherein the at least one said first side plate is affixed at a second opposite end to the inward rail-facing surface or a side edge of said bottom carriage plate interposed on the pair of roller assemblies.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/805,815Filed 7 Jun 2022 · continuation
Priority: 24 Mar 2016
Published: US 2022/0299159 A122 Sep 2022
Granted: 26 Aug 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification28 codes

F16M 11/425
With arrangement for propelling the support stands on wheels: along guiding means
B66C 23/62
Cranes comprising essentially a beam, boom, or triangular structure acting as a cantilever and mounted for translatory of swinging movements in…:…
F16B 7/0446
For rods or tubes being in angled relationship: for tubes using the innerside thereof
F16B 7/20
Connections of rods or tubes, e.g. of non-circular section, mutually, including resilient connections: using bayonet connections

Family

Application62/312,617Us provisional application · filed 24 Mar 2016
PCT/CA2017/050376Parent of this continuation · filed 24 Mar 2017
US 2022/0299159 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 Sep 2022
Application16/138,422Parent of this continuation
US 11,384,898 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2019/0154194 A1Published application
US 12,398,841 B2This patent

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