The purpose of the present invention is to provide a ready-to-assemble furniture that can be easily assembled by a user and that can be inexpensively manufactured. The ready-to-assemble furniture, in which a suitable number of wall surface component members that are adjacent with a prescribed included angle are coupled, is configured so that a coupling metal piece having a toughness couples the wall surface component members which are transitioned, by way of lifting operations by an assembler, from a pre-assembled state, which is one wall surface component member stacked on another, or which is a deployed position, to an assembled state having a prescribed included angle, wherein the coupling metal piece maintains the relative position of the wall surface component members by plastically deforming by way of bending stress generated in the coupling metal piece due to the lifting operations.

A shelving assembly can be constructed of panels and specialized connecting components that form interconnected hexagonal, triangular, or square cells. The shelving assembly can be adapted to a variety of sizes and configurations and can incorporate smaller cells with larger cells and different shape cells for more modularity. The connecting components attach to the front and rear edges of the panels without special tools. The connecting components also connect the corners of cell shapes and provide strength to the overall structure. The shelving assembly can be completely disassembled into the panels and the connecting components, allowing the shelving assembly to be easily moved and reconstructed.

Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to furniture, housing and office accessories, and interior design. More specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to modular furniture, modular structures, a modular furniture system, and a modular unit for use in the modular furniture, the modular structures, the modular furniture system, and an interior design system. In some embodiments, the modular furniture system comprises a plurality of modular units that can be interconnected to one another to form furniture and other structures. Each modular unit comprises a plurality of side members interconnected to one another using connectors. The connectors can also be used to interconnect one modular unit to another modular unit.

There is provided a modular storage rack comprising flat panels each comprising one or more flat segments and cross panels each comprising one or more cross segments. Each flat segment comprises a slit extending partway through it. Each cross segment comprises: a first and a second planar portion each terminating in a first and second lip respectively. The first lip faces the second lip, and they define a slot for receiving the flat segment. Each cross segment also comprises an island joining the first planar portion to the second planar portion, the island disposed in the slot and between the first and second lips. The island is configured to be received in the slit. Each flat segment is matingly connected to a corresponding cross segment such that the flat segment is received in the corresponding slot and the corresponding island is received in the corresponding slit.

A set of panels includes a first panel having a first main plane and a second panel having a second main plane. The panels are provided with a mechanical locking device for locking a first edge of the first panel to a second edge of the second panel. The mechanical locking device includes an edge groove at the first edge, wherein an edge tongue of the second edge is insertable into the edge groove. A flexible tongue is arranged in an insertion groove provided in the edge section groove, and cooperates with a tongue groove provided at the edge section of the second panel. The first and the second panels are locked at a junction plane which is extending between the first main plane and the second main plane. The first edge comprises an edge tongue that extends from the junction plane.

A chassis assembly structure includes a surrounding plate assembly, first abutting elements, second abutting elements and a third board. The first and second boards are coupled to form the surrounding plate assembly. Each first abutting element has a slider and a first stop plate extended from the first (or second) board, and each second abutting element has first and second convex plates extended from the second (or first) board. Each first convex plate has a first positioning groove at an end and a second stop plate at the other end. Each second convex plate has a second positioning groove, and both ends of each slider are slidably coupled to and limited in each of the first and second positioning grooves, and each first stop plate is stopped and limited by each second stop plate, and the third board covers a side of the surrounding plate assembly.

A set of panels includes a first panel having a first main plane and a second panel having a second main plane. The panels are provided with a mechanical locking device for locking a first edge of the first panel to a second edge of the second panel. The mechanical locking device includes an edge groove at the first edge, wherein an edge tongue of the second edge is insertable into the edge groove. A flexible tongue is arranged in an insertion groove provided in the edge section groove, and cooperates with a tongue groove provided at the edge section of the second panel. The first and the second panels are locked at a junction plane which is extending between the first main plane and the second main plane. The first edge comprises an edge tongue that extends from the junction plane.

A sheet metal planter comprises three panel types, can be assembled with readily available tools, can be disassembled to fit in a compact space, can be made in more than one shape, does not require fasteners in one embodiment or places a modest load on fasteners in another embodiment, and is aesthetically pleasing.

Panels are shown which are provided with a mechanical locking system allowing perpendicular connection with a snap action. A set of panels including a first and a second panel, an edge of the second panel is insertable into a groove of the first panel, when the panels are arranged essential perpendicular to each other, to obtain a mechanical connection between the first and the second panel, when the second panel is displaced essentially perpendicularly to the first panel.

Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to furniture, housing and office accessories, and interior design. More specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to modular furniture, modular structures, a modular furniture system, and a modular unit for use in the modular furniture, the modular structures, the modular furniture system, and an interior design system. In some embodiments, the modular furniture system comprises a plurality of modular units that can be interconnected to one another to form furniture and other structures. Each modular unit comprises a plurality of side members interconnected to one another using connectors. The connectors can also be used to interconnect one modular unit to another modular unit.