Modular furniture

Claim 1

A FURNITURE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FURNITURE MODULE, A FIRST CONNECTOR MEMBER SUPPORTED ON SAID MODULE IN HORIZONTAL POSITION ADJACENT A SIDE PORTION OF SAID MODULE, SAID CONNECTOR MEMBER INCLUDING AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING LOCK PORTION, AN ABUTMENT MEMBER TO WHICH SAID MODULE MAY BE REMOVABLY SECURED, SAID ABUTMENT MEMBER HAVING AFFIXED THERETO A SECOND HORIZONTALLY DIRECTED CONNECTOR MEMBER HAVING A DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED LOCK PORTION, A VERTICAL UPWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRST CONNECTOR WITH RESPECT TO SAID SECOND CONNECTOR MEMBER BEING EFFECTIVE TO INTER-ENGAGE SAID LOCK PORTIONS AND SECURE THE LATTER AGAINST RELATIVE HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT, SUPPORT ROLLER MEANS DISPOSED AT THE CORNERS OF SAID MODULE FOR MOVABLY SUPPORTING SAID MODULE FOR TRANSLATORY MOVEMENT ACROSS A FLOOR SURFACE, VERTICAL ADJUSTMENT MEANS FOR SIMULTANE OUSLY SHIFTING SAID ROLLER MEANS CLEAR OF THE FLOOR AND SAID FIRST CONNECTOR MEMBER INTO INTER-ENGAGED POSITION WITH SAID SECOND CONNECTOR MEMBER, SAID ADJUSTMENT MEANS INCLUDING FOOT PORTIONS DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID SUPPORT ROLLER MEANS, SHAFTS ROTATABLY MOUNTED TO SAID MODULE, A CAM AFFIXED TO EACH SAID SHAFT, SAID CAM BEING DISPOSED ABOVE AND IN CONTACT WITH SAID FOOT PORTIONS, ROTATION OF SAID CAM SERVING TO PROJECT SAID FOOT PORTIONS DOWNWARDLY BELOW SAID MODULE, SPRING MEANS YIELDABLY URGING SAID FOOT PORTIONS UPWARDLY INTO CONTACT WITH SAID CAMS, CAM OPERATING MEANS INCLUDING A LEVER AND A FIRST RATCHET MEMBER FOR ROTATING SAID SHAFT IN A FIRST DIRECTION RESPONSIVE TO OPERATION OF SAID LEVER MEANS, SAID RATCHET MEANS RESISTING ROTATION OF SAID SHAFT IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE SAID FIRST DIRECTION, A SECOND RATCHET AFFIXED TO SAID SHAFT IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID FIRST RATCHET, A PAWL BIASED INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SECOND RATCHET FOR PREVENTING ROTATION OF SAID RATCHET AND, HENCE, SAID SHAFT IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND A RELEASE LEVER OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID PAWL EXTENDING TO THE EXTERIOR OF SAID MODULE FOR RELEASING SAID PAWL FROM CONNECTION WITH SAID SECOND RATCHET, WHEREBY SAID SHAFT MAY BE ROTATED IN SAID SECOND DIRECTION.