Display and storage rack

Claim 1

A multi-tiered display and storage rack comprising a plurality of vertical corner post members formed of elongated steel angle members connected front to rear to form end frames; a plurality of pairs of horizontal support members formed of elongated steel angle members adpated to be coupled to said corner post members to complete the rack framework and for support of furniture thereon; and a plurality of coupling joints and devices for connecting the ends of said support members to said corner post members, the improvement therein of each of said coupling joints and devices including a plate fastened to and projecting from an end of each of said horizontal members and being mounted to the vertical leg thereof and extending parallel thereto and transversely to the longitudinal axis of said horizontal member, a bayonet coupling including a headed pin and an elongated mating hole, said pin and mating hole being aligned and respectively located on said coupling plate and said corner post members, and a bolt, and aligned bolt holes in said corner post member and the vertical leg of said horizontal member, said coupling devices being located on said members so that the ends of said hoRizontal and vertical legs of said horizontal support members bear against and nest within and butt against the inside angle faces of said vertical corner post members, said coupling devices being positioned in pairs at a plurality of elevations on said vertical corner post members to establish locations for said horizontal support members, whereby said rack is readily assembled and sturdily coupled.