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A post and beam furniture construction has a number of support posts and a plurality of beams that interconnect the posts. Accessories, including storage shelves and cabinets, and work surfaces are releasably supported by the posts at various positions relative to the shelf length and the post spaci

A post and beam furniture construction has a number of support posts and a plurality of beams that interconnect the posts. Accessories, including storage shelves and cabinets, and work surfaces are releasably supported by the posts at various positions relative to the shelf length and the post spacing. Support brackets interconnect accessories and posts. Each post has at least two accessory support rails extending along the post length. A support bracket engages a selected rail. Spaced support bracket receptacles extend along a length of the accessory and a support bracket engages a selected bracket receptacle. The beams may be removed from respective posts without moving the posts and may also be length adjustable.

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1. In a post and beam furniture construction with at least two posts that are elongated members extending generally upward from a floor end to an opposite terminal end and that have a length from the floor end to the terminal end, and with at least one beam interconnected between the two posts, an i

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In a post and beam furniture construction with at least two posts that are elongated members extending generally upward from a floor end to an opposite terminal end and that have a length from the floor end to the terminal end, and with at least one beam interconnected between the two posts, an improved connection, comprising: a mounting surface extending along the length of each post with the two posts comprising first and second posts and being spaced apart with their mounting surfaces facing one another, each mounting surface having two opposing edges that extend along the post length with a rail portion extending along each opposing edge and a plurality of openings disposed along the length between the rail portions, each of said plurality of openings being adapted to receive an end of a beam and each of said plurality of openings defining a rung portion between the rail portions, each rail portion having an array of accessory receptacles defined along the rail portion;a beam having an elongated body with a length, with a first beam end, and with an opposite second beam end, each beam end having a jaw portion with an upper jaw comprising an upper and lower pair of downward extending teeth, the upper jaw being adapted to releasably capture a selected one of said rung portions therein, the upper jaw of the first beam end capturing a selected one of said rung portions of the first post, the upper jaw of the second beam end capturing a selected one of said rung portions of the second post that aligns with the selected rung portion of the first post, the first beam end jaw portion being a separable member having an elongated jaw body with a jaw end and an opposite tail end that slides along the beam length in telescoping engagement;a fastener that secures the tail end of the jaw body to the body of the beam at a predetermined position relative to the beam length; andan accessory connected with one of the accessory receptacles of the first and second posts; one of the first and second beam end jaw portions has a lower jaw with a pair of upward extending teeth that cooperate with the upper jaw and captures the selected one of said rung portions; and wherein the lower pair of downward extending teeth, together with the pair of upward extending teeth, pass through a single one of the openings in the mounting surface of the first post. 2. The furniture construction of claim 1 wherein the lower jaw is moveable between a closed position in which the lower jaw is aligned with the upper jaw and captures one of said rung portions between the upper and lower jaws, and an open position in which the lower jaw is spaced away from the upper jaw and may translate along the beam length. 3. The furniture construction of claim 2 wherein the one of the first and the second beam end jaw portions may be inserted into the respective post and the other of the first and the second beam end jaw portions is thereby removable from the other post and the beam is removable from the two posts without repositioning the two posts. 4. The furniture construction of claim 3 wherein at least one of the posts further has an interior cavity extending along the length, wherein the openings define passages into the interior cavity, and wherein the interior cavity and openings define infrastructure passageways. 5. The furniture construction of claim 1 wherein one of the first and the second beam end jaw portions may be inserted into the respective post and whereby the other of the first and the second beam end jaw portions is removable from the other post and the beam is thereby removable from the two posts without repositioning the two posts. 6. The furniture construction of claim 1 wherein at least one of the posts further has an interior cavity extending along the length, wherein the openings define passages into the interior cavity, and wherein the interior cavity and openings define infrastructure passageways. 7. A post and beam furniture construction with at least two posts that are elongated members extending generally upward from a floor end to an opposite terminal end and that have a length from the floor end to the terminal end, and with at least one beam interconnected between the two posts, comprising: a generally flat mounting surface extending along the length of each post, the posts comprising a first post and a second post, the first post being spaced from the second post with the mounting surfaces of the first and second post facing one another, each mounting surface having two opposing edges that extend along the post length with a rail portion extending along each opposing edge and a plurality of rungs extending between the rail portions and defining a plurality of openings disposed along the length, each opening being adapted to receive an end of a beam, each rail portion having an array of accessory receptacles defined along the post length; anda beam having an elongated body with a length, with a first beam end, and with an opposite second beam end, each beam end having a jaw portion with an upper jaw comprising an upper and lower pair of downward extending teeth, the upper jaw releasably capturing a selected one of said rungs therein, the first beam end capturing a selected one of said rungs of the mounting surface of the first post, the second beam end capturing a selected one of said rungs of the mounting surface of the second post that aligns with the selected rung of the first post, one of the jaw portions having a lower jaw with a pair of upward extending teeth that cooperates with the upper jaw and captures the selected one of said rungs, wherein the lower pair of downward extending teeth, together with the pair of upward extending teeth, pass through a single one of the openings in the mounting surface of the first post the lower jaw being moveable between a closed position in which the lower jaw is aligned with the upper jaw and captures the selected one of said rungs between the upper and lower jaws, and an open position in which the lower jaw is spaced away from the upper jaw and may translate along the beam length, the one of the jaw portions may be inserted into the respective post and the other of the jaw portions is thereby removable from the other post and the beam is removable from the two posts without repositioning the two posts. 8. The furniture construction of claim 7 wherein the first beam end jaw portion is a separable member having an elongated jaw body with a jaw end and an opposite tail end that slides along the beam length in telescoping engagement. 9. The furniture construction of claim 8 further including a fastener that secures the jaw body at a predetermined position relative to the beam length. 10. The furniture construction of claim 7 further including an accessory connected with one of the accessory receptacles of the first and second posts. 11. The furniture construction of claim 10 wherein the accessory is one of a group of accessories including a work surface, a storage accessory, and a lighting accessory. 12. The furniture construction of claim 7 wherein at least one of the posts further has an interior cavity extending along the length, wherein the openings define passages into the interior cavity corresponding to the width of the beam, and wherein the interior cavity and openings define infrastructure passageways with the beam.