Modular furniture structure

Claim 2

A furniture module comprising: first and second opposed sidewalls, said first sidewall having the same length, width and thickness respectively as said second sidewall, the length and width of said sidewalls being equal to form square sidewalls; a rectangularly shaped transverse member having opposing lengthwise edges respectively attached to the opposing faces of said sidewalls for maintaining said sidewalls in a spaced parallel relationship with the lengthwise edges of said sidewalls being parallel, said transverse member being perpendicular to both of said sidewall faces, said transverse member lengthwise edges having a length equal to the length of said lengthwise edges of said sidewalls and being parallel to said lengthwise edges, said transverse member edges being attached to their respective sidewalls along a line offset from the mid-section of said sidewalls, the distance between the outer faces of said opposing sidewalls being equal to the length of said sidewalls such that said furniture module defines a cubic envelope.

Claim 3

A furniture module defined in claim 1 wherein said sidewalls and said transverse members are of an integral one piece construction.

Claim 4

The furniture module defined in claim 2 wherein said integrally formed sidewalls and transverse member are fabricated from a polyurethane foam.

Claim 5

The furniture module defined in claim 2 wherein said integrally formed sidewalls and transverse member are formed from a material selected from the group consisting of polyester, polyether, polyureas, foamed phenolic resins and polyurethane.

Claim 6

A modular furniture structure comprising a plurAlity of furniture modules each furniture module comprising first and second opposed rectangularly shaped sidewalls, said first sidewall having the same length, width and thickness as said second sidewall; a rectangularly shaped transverse member having opposing lengthwise edges respectively attached to the opposing faces of said sidewalls for maintaining said sidewalls in a spaced parallel relationship with the lengthwise edges of said sidewalls being parallel, said transverse member being perpendicular to both of said sidewall faces, said transverse member lengthwise edges having a length equal to the length of said lengthwise edges of said sidewalls and being parallel to said lengthwise edges, said transverse member edges being attached to their respective sidewalls along a line offset from the midsection of said sidewalls; a selected number of said modules being stacked one upon the other with the edges of said sidewalls of one of said modules being supported above the edges of the module immediately therebelow, a selected number of said modules being disposed in different orientations with respect to adjacent modules; and at least one transverse member carried in a horizontal plane and supported by a selected number of said modules.

Claim 7

A modular furniture structure comprising a plurAlity of furniture modules each furniture module comprising first and second opposed rectangularly shaped sidewalls, said first sidewall having the same length, width and thickness as said second sidewall; a rectangularly shaped transverse member having opposing lengthwise edges respectively attached to the opposing faces of said sidewalls for maintaining said sidewalls in a spaced parallel relationship with the lengthwise edges of said sidewalls being parallel, said transverse member being perpendicular to both of said sidewall faces, said transverse member lengthwise edges having a length equal to the length of said lengthwise edges of said sidewalls and being parallel to said lengthwise edges, said transverse member edges being attached to their respective sidewalls along a line offset from the midsection of said sidewalls; a selected number of said modules being stacked one upon the other with the edges of said sidewalls of one of said modules being supported above the edges of the module immediately therebelow, a selected number of said modules being disposed in different orientations with respect to adjacent modules; and at least one transverse member carried in a horizontal plane and supported by a selected number of said modules.

Claim 8

The module furniture structure defined in claim 5 wherein a pair of adjacent modules are supported on their sidewall edges and a second module has one sidewall edge supported on the transverse member of one of said modules while the other sidewall of said second module has its sidewall edge supported on a transverse member of the other of said pair of modules such that the transverse member of said second module extends above the adjacent sidewalls of said pair of modules.

Claim 9

The module furniture structure defined in claim 5 wherein the sidewalls and transverse members of each of said modules are of an integral one piece construction.

Claim 10

The module furniture structure defined in claim 7 wherein said integrally formed modules are fabricated from a polyurethane foam.

Claim 11

The module furniture structure defined in claim 7 wherein said integrally formed sidewall and transverse members are formed from a material selected from the group consisting of polyester, polyether, polyureas, foamed phenolic resins and polyurethane.

Claim 12

The module furniture structure defined in claim 5 wherein the length and width of the sidewalls of each module are equal whereby each module has square sidewalls and the distance between the outer faces of the sidewalls of each module is equal to the length of a sidewall such that each of said furniture modules define a cubic envelope.

Claim 13

The furniture module structure defined in claim 5 wherein each of said module units are releasably attached to adjacent upper and lower modules and selectively to said horizontally disposed transverse units.