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Modular support post

US6047838A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 14, 1997
Grant dateApr 11, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47B96/145
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

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.

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