US 11,986,097 B2
Modular adjustable rail system
Daniel Scott Brown, Iron Mountain, MI (US); Yuedong Chu, Haining (CN); and Tyler Elisworth Powell, Gig Harbor, WA (US)
Filed by Daniel Scott Brown, Iron Mountain, MI (US); Yuedong Chu, Haining (CN); and Tyler Elisworth Powell, Gig Harbor, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/476,275.
Prior Publication US 2023/0083746 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A47C 4/02 (2006.01); A47C 17/86 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 4/02 (2013.01) [A47C 17/86 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustable rail system for modular furniture, the adjustable rail system comprising:
at least two rail bases, wherein each rail base of the at least two rail bases:
is solid and rigid,
has respective ends that are inserted into a respective pair of base frames that are hollow and rigid,
has a length that is less than or equal to a combined length of the respective pair of base frames, and
has a respective at least one passthrough feature; and
the pairs of base frames, wherein, for a given pair of the pairs of base frames, each base frame is attached to a respective furniture module, such that when the base frames are pulled apart from one another:
at least a portion of the respective rail base that is inserted into the base frames, as well as the respective at least one passthrough feature, is exposed, and
a furniture module cavity is established between the respective furniture modules to accept an additional furniture module between the respective furniture modules, wherein the additional furniture module is attached to the adjustable rail system by way of the respective at least one passthrough feature.