Patent attributes
An audio equipment stand, comprising at least one shelf, the shelf bounded by a perimeter, at least three mounting brackets, each of the mounting brackets having a mounting section and a compression section, each of the compression sections having a compression aperture, the compression aperture having a compression centroid, and, securement means operatively arranged to secure the at least three mounting brackets to at least three mounting locations on the shelf, which mounting locations are internal to the perimeter such that at least three mounting centroids form at least three vertices of a first polygon, wherein at least three compression members provide support in a vertical direction for the mounting brackets and the at least one shelf, wherein the compression centroids establish vertices of a second polygon having at least one internal angle that is different from any other internal angle of the first polygon.