Claims
- 1. A pedestal which comprises(1) a pedestal base which comprises a hollow cylinder having a perpendicular axis, a first horizontal periphery at its base, and a second horizontal periphery at its top, the second horizontal periphery including at least 4 and at most 8 pairs of open channels, each pair of open channels being sized and spaced around the periphery so that a straight support member of constant square cross-section can be slidably fitted into the pair of channels, and the pairs of channels being spaced around the periphery so that, when a straight support member is fitted into each pair of channels, all the support members are parallel to each other; and (2) slidably fitted into each pair of open channels, a straight support member of constant square cross-section, the support members being identical to each other and their top surfaces lying in a single plane which is above the second horizontal periphery.
- 2. A pedestal according to claim 1 wherein there are 6 pairs of channels and 6 support members.
- 3. A pedestal according to claim 1 wherein the wall of the pedestal base has apertures therein, the apertures being sized and placed so that the pedestal base can be easily handled by a user.
- 4. A pedestal according to claim 1 wherein the pedestal base has a diameter of at least 8 inches and at most 20 inches, and a height of at least 4 inches and at most 12 inches.
- 5. A pedestal according to claim 4 to wherein the ratio of the diameter to the height is at least 0.5 and at most 2.8.
- 6. A pedestal according to claim 1 wherein each side of the square cross-section of the support members is at least 0.5 in. and at most of 1.5 in.
- 7. A pedestal according to claim 1 wherein the length of each support member is at least 1.2 times and most 2.0 times the exterior diameter of the base.
- 8. A pedestal according to claim 1 wherein the pedestal base comprises two or more tubular members which can be rotated relative to each other about the axis of the pedestal base.
- 9. A pedestal according to claim 8 wherein the pedestal base comprises a lower tubular member, an upper tubular member, and a tubular linking member which(a) lies between the lower and upper tubular members, (b) comprises (i) a radial section which extends between the upper and lower members, and (ii) a tubular section having an upper portion which is adjacent to but spaced apart from the upper tubular member and a lower portion which is adjacent to but spaced apart from the lower tubular member.
- 10. A pedestal which comprises(1) a pedestal base which comprises a hollow cylinder having a perpendicular axis, an exterior diameter of at least 4 inches and most 24 inches, a wall thickness of at least 0.1 in. and at most 1 in., a height of at least 3 inches and at most 16 inches, a first horizontal periphery at its base and a second horizontal periphery at its top, the second horizontal periphery including at least 2 pairs of open channels, each pair of open channels being sized and spaced around the periphery so that a straight support member of constant cross-section can be slidably fitted into the pair of channels, and the pairs of channels being spaced around the periphery so that, when a straight support member is fitted into each pair of channels, all the support members are parallel to each other; and (2) slidably fitted into each pair of open channels, a straight support member of constant square cross-section, each support member having a length which is (i) at least 6 inches, (ii) at least equal to the exterior diameter of the hollow cylinder, and (iii) at most 120 inches, the top surfaces of the support members forming a flat surface for supporting objects.
- 11. A pedestal according to claim 10 wherein there are 6 pairs of channels and 6 support members, and the height of the pedestal base is at least about 6 inches and most about 9 inches.
- 12. A pedestal according to claim 10 wherein the wall of the pedestal base has apertures therein, and which further comprises a heater element mounted on said apertures so that it is positioned in the center of the hollow cylinder.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of, and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 120 from, U.S. application Ser. No. 09/905,702, which resulted from the conversion under 37 CFR 1.59 (c) (3) of provisional application Ser. No. 60/310,138, filed Aug. 2, 2001, now abn by Petra Reed, into a non-provisional application. The disclosure of the above-identified application is incorporated herein by reference.
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