Modular furniture

A module assembly for furniture which is quick to assemble, said furniture comprising a top panel, said top panel having an upper surface for supporting materials thereon, a lower surface opposed to said upper surface and opposed side end surfaces;

• said module assembly comprising modular support means, additional panels, a pair of molding strips and releasably securable connector means;
• said modular support means comprising a support member comprising a support panel having a top end surface;
• said additional panels including opposed side panels disposed on opposite sides of the support panel and forming the sides of said furniture, each side panel having an outer surface and a top end surface spaced laterally outwardly and below an adjacent side end surface of the top panel;
• each of said molding strips having an outwardly facing curved surface joined to a pair of planar, substantially perpendicularly disposed undersurfaces, said connector means comprising a plurality of pairs of cooperating members, said cooperating members of each pair being a plug member and a rod-like member, each of said plug members having a recess in a portion of its periphery, said plug members being disposed within cylindrical bores in said support panel, said top panel and said side panels, said cooperating rod-like members being secured to the top panel and to the molding strips through first ends of said cooperating rod-like members, each of said cooperating rod-like members having a second end opposite said first end, said second end having ahead for disposition within a recess of a cooperating plug member, said heads of the rod-like members which are secured to the top panel being disposed within recesses of cooperating plug members disposed within the cylindrical bores in said support panel for aiding in supporting said top panel above a floor surface, and said heads of the rod-like members which are secured to the molding strips being disposed within recesses of cooperating plug members disposed within the cylindrical bores in said top panel and in said side panels, to removably interconnect said molding strips to the top panel and to the side panels in a position wherein the curved surfaces of the molding strips provide a smooth transition from the outer surface of the top panel to the outer surfaces of the side panels, each of said plug members being rotatable in a first direction about an axis extending through the bore in which said plug member is disposed to lock the head of a cooperating rod-like member within said recess and thereby removably secure the top panel to the support panel and the molding strips to both the top panel and the side panels.