US 4,312,086 AGranted

Modular furniture

AssigneeGeorge Nagem

InventorDavid P. Bianco

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Abstract

A living system comprising a plurality of modular furniture components, the furniture components comprising integral bracket extensions which are insertable in recesses formed in a plurality of spaced, substantially parallel vertically disposed elongated columns, which form a frame for said living system, the elongated columns comprising telescoping legs placed at the end of each column adjacent the floor providing the frame with stability and enabling the living system to be placed close to a wall to increase usable space in the living environment. The modular furniture components include a bed, a plurality of storage components, a clothes rack, a telescoping ladder and may even include side panels to provide privacy and aesthetic value to the living system. All of the modular furniture components can be vertically adjusted and interchanged along the length of the elongated frame columns.

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Dependent claims

A living system comprising at least four spaced, vertically disposed elongated columns arranged in a rectangular orientation to form a frame, each of said columns being supported by a base member, said columns comprising a plurality of vertically spaced longitudinal slots able to receive and secure a plurality of modular furniture components, said components being vertically adjustable on said columns, said living system including a bed mounted on said rectangular frame, said bed including unitary bracket extensions which are inserted into said slots of said columns, said columns having a plurality of sides, said slots being formed on at least two of said sides and at least one side of each of said columns forming an end of said frame containing a longitudinal groove, said living system including a pegboard inserted between at least the pair of columns forming said end, said pegboard supported by said longitudinal groove in each of said columns of said end, said base members comprising telescoping legs which are adjustable horizontally outwardly from said columns, said legs including levelling means to accommodate uneven floor surfaces.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.