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Shelving system having two sets of locking tapers

US4989519A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 25, 1989
Grant dateFeb 5, 1991
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Expiry dateJul 25, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47B87/0223
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A shelving apparatus includes a vertically extending first leg having a first end with a frusto-conical outer surface. A horizontal shelf has a frusto-conical hole. A vertically extending second leg has a first end with (a) a frusto-conical inner surface having a taper shaped to engage the frusto-conical outer surface of the first leg, and (b) a frusto-conical outer surface having a taper shaped to engage the frusto-conical inner surface of the shelf hole. Preferably, all engaging frusto-conical surfaces and holes are coaxial and cofrustal. Alternative tapered structures for the first and second legs and shelf hole may be provided.

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