US 12,290,914 B2
Mounting rails for modular system
Hunter M. Schwei, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/357,783.
Application 18/357,783 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2023/027263, filed on Jul. 10, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/400,547, filed on Aug. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/388,064, filed on Jul. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0009829 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B25H 3/04 (2006.01); A47B 47/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25H 3/04 (2013.01) [A47B 47/0091 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support platform for a modular storage utility module comprising:
a first back plate comprising a plurality of apertures configured to couple the first back plate to a wall;
a first face plate coupled to the first back plate, the first face plate defining a plurality of apertures, the first back plate visible through the plurality of apertures; and
a first plurality of female couplers collectively defined by the first back plate and the first face plate, each of the first plurality of female couplers comprising:
a recessed surface defined by the first back plate;
a first rib; and
a second rib;
wherein the first rib and the second rib each extend above the recessed surface, and each of the first plurality of female couplers are configured to removably couple with male couplers of a first utility module;
wherein each of the first plurality of female couplers comprises:
a back wall;
a first sidewall;
a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall; and
a front wall opposite the back wall;
wherein the first rib extends from the back wall towards the front wall and the first rib extends from the first sidewall towards the second sidewall, and wherein the second rib extends from the back wall towards the front wall and the second rib extends from the second sidewall towards the first sidewall.