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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kurt P Rindoks, Statesville, NC (US);
Alan W Stephenson, Statesville, NC (US);
Assignee:
Kewaunee Scientific Corp., Statesville, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
211187 ; 211189 ; 3122651 ; 3122654 ;
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.