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Hingedly connected rectangular panels are used to construct demountable module assemblies useful alone or in combination as multifunctional furniture items. A modular dressing table includes four such module assemblies secured in a two-by-two matrix, and a restraint belt and pad affixed to the top o

Hingedly connected rectangular panels are used to construct demountable module assemblies useful alone or in combination as multifunctional furniture items. A modular dressing table includes four such module assemblies secured in a two-by-two matrix, and a restraint belt and pad affixed to the top of the matrix. The module assemblies are provided with an aperture to allow user access to the interior space of said assemblies for storage.

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A modular dressing table for an infant having a top surface and a bottom surface, said dressing table comprising an infant restraining means and cushion means for infant comfort affixed to the top surface; a matrix of individual hollow modular assemblies, each assembly consisting essentially of four

A modular dressing table for an infant having a top surface and a bottom surface, said dressing table comprising an infant restraining means and cushion means for infant comfort affixed to the top surface; a matrix of individual hollow modular assemblies, each assembly consisting essentially of four identical rectangular panels engaged to form a construction having four rectangular walls hingedly connected and means for engaging said construction to hold each panel rigidly in a position perpendicular to the adjacent panels engaged therewith, each rectangular panel having first and second opposite surfaces, first and second opposite panel engaging edges, and third and fourth opposite lateral edges, said first panel engaging edge being formed as a first connector and said second panel engaging edge being formed as a second connector, said first connector being formed as a hinge post supported in a position substantially parallel and spaced apart from the first edge of the rectangular panel by at least two hinge post support struts, said struts, hinge post and panel edge collectively defining one or more channel wall receiving slots along the first edge of the rectangular panels, said second connector being formed as a hinge post receiving channel having a channel opening, a panel proximal wall, and a panel distal wall, said channel opening toward the second surface of said rectangular panel and sized to receive the hinge post of another of the four rectangular panels, said channel being interrupted along its length by at least two hinge post strut receiving slots traversing the channel at points in alignment with the hinge post support struts of the first connector of said rectangular panels, said hinge post receiving slots defining channel wall segments engageable with the channel wall receiving slots along the first edge of the rectangular panels, said first connector of each rectangular panel being rotatably engageable with the second connector formed at the edge of a second rectangular panel to hingedly connect said rectangular panels along their respective first and second edges, whereby, when said panels are connected by engaging the first edge of each panel with the second edge of another, the panels form a construction having rectangular walls hingedly connected, the first surfaces of said panels forming the interior of said construction and the second surfaces forming the exterior of said construction, said means for engaging said construction to hold each panel rigidly in a position perpendicular to adjacent panels connected therewith comprising a support member sized to engage at least two of the four rectangular panels and means for securing said support member to said rectangular panel, and wherein, in each assembly, the channel opening at the second edge of each hingedly connected rectangular panel is formed to have a channel insert receiving surface adapted to receive a channel opening engaging insert having a channel opening engaging surface complementary to the channel insert receiving surface and wherein in each assembly the hinge post support struts of each hingedly connected panel are provided with a channel insert receiving surface positioned to engage the channel opening engaging surface of the channel opening engaging insert when said insert is positioned to engage the channel opening, whereby said insert provides mechanical resistance to racking of said assemblies.