Modular worktable and shelving unit

• US 7,343,864 B2
• Filed: 10/18/2004
• Issued: 03/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eric Belleau, Fabrice Canin, Michel Morelli
• Original Assignee: Eric Belleau, Fabrice Canin, Michel Morelli
• Inventors: Morelli, Michel, Belleau, Eric, Canin, Fabrice
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen; Jose V.
• Application Number:
  US10/965,830
• Publication Number:
  US 20050122013A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,247 Days
• Field of Search: 106/50.01, 106/50.02, 106/64, 106/23, 106/180, 106/186, 106/193, 106/101, 106/109, 106/106, 106/147.11, 106/147.16, 106/148, 312/223.6, 312/223.3, 312/195, 108/96, 108/153.1, 108/147.17, 108/157.13
• US Class Current: 108/50.02
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 3/06 with separable parts
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 47/00 Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements A47B43/00, A47B45/00 take precedence; features for adjusting shelves or partitions A47B57/00

Abstract

A modular worktable assembly and a shelving unit are described. The modular worktable assembly has a pair of side panels with a tabletop secured over a top end thereof. A rear, hollow cross-channel is secured between rear vertical end posts of the side panels and has an open top end with a removable cover member for access to an interior thereof. The table platform is held horizontal and elevated above the top edge of the side panels and flush with a top end of the rear hollow cross-channel. The modular shelving unit is characterized in that it has vertical side panels which are formed by a pair of symmetrical side walls immovably secured back-to-back and these side walls each have a pair of outwardly projecting elongated formations formed in a front and rear portion thereof. A plurality of horizontally aligned connecting slots are provided in these formations. The slots in the front portion of the side walls have opposed cavities formed in a top and bottom edge of at least some of the slots for supporting a shelf at an angle between the vertical side panels and permitting one of the side walls of the side panels to be inverted whereby the cavities of interconnected side walls are disposed in aligned relationship.

Claims

1. A modular shelving unit comprising a pair of vertical side panels interconnected together by horizontal cross-bars to maintain said side panels in vertical parallel relationship to one another, said side panels having a pair of symmetrical side walls, immovably secured back-to-back in spaced-apart parallel relationship by integrally formed securement flanges projecting from opposed side edges of said sidewalls;

said securement flanges of each said panels when placed back-to-back, being welded together to immovably secure said side panels;

each side wall having a pair of outwardly projecting elongated formations formed in a front and rear portion of said side wall, said side wall having a recessed intermediate section between said pair of outwardly projecting elongated formations and a plurality of horizontally aligned connecting slots in said pair of projecting elongated formations, said slots in said front and rear portion of said side wall being aligned with one another, at least some slots in said projecting elongated formations of said front portion of said side walls having opposed cavities formed in a top and bottom edge of said at least some of said slots adjacent an end thereof to form an enlarged slot section for receiving an extension pin projecting from an end edge of a shelf in a forward portion thereof with said extension pin supported below said bottom edge of said slot having said enlarged slot section thereby supporting said shelf at an angle between said vertical side panels, said cavities formed in said top and bottom edge of said at least some of said slots permitting one of said side walls of said side panel to be inverted whereby said cavities or interconnected side walls are disposed in aligned relationship while permitting said extension pin to lie below said bottom edge of said slot.