Modular support post
AssigneeKewaunee Scientific Corporation
InventorsKurt P. Rindoks, Alan W. Stephenson
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Abstract
A support post for use in a system of modular furniture, including a pair of vertically elongated post sections, with each post section including two opposed end portions in a longitudinally oriented front face portion, each of the front face portions including a mounting arrangement for mounting modular furniture components therein, and each of the end portions defining an opening and opening walls constructed and configured to releasably engage a splicing member or a foot member for splicing together of the post sections and upright positioning of the support post.
Claims13
A support post for supporting modular furniture components, comprising:
- two elongate post sections each having opposed longitudinally spaced ends, a said end of each said post section defining an opening extending from said end longitudinally through said post section, each said post section further defining an opening extending from a side of said post section through said post section transverse to and intersecting said longitudinally extending opening thereof;
- two stop members, each extending within a said transverse opening of a respective said post section into a said longitudinally extending opening thereof for obstructing said longitudinally extending opening;
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- a splicing member having opposed end faces, each said end face of said splicing member respectively extending within a said longitudinally extending opening of said post sections, the extension of said splicing member within each said longitudinally extending opening of said post sections being limited by blocking abutment of a said end face of said splicing member against a said stop member.
A support post for supporting modular furniture components, comprising:
- two elongate post sections each post section including opposed longitudinally spaced ends, a said end thereof defining an opening therein;
- a splicing member extending within said opening of each said post section to connect said post sections together to define a length of the support post;
- a standard having locations for mounting modular furniture components, said standard extending longitudinally along and in abutment with both said post sections and bridging the connection between said post sections;
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- fasteners fixedly securing said standard to said post sections for reinforcement of the bridged connection between said post sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.