Patent ID: 9700158
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A47B,A47F,A47G

Claim:
1. A pedestal system for displaying food and other objects in an elevated position above a platform or a table, the pedestal system comprising: a horizontally-elongated top support member having a first end and a second end and a length between said first and second ends; wherein the top support member is supported at the first end by a first pillar comprising a vertically-elongated upper column and a vertically-elongated lower column, and an inner end of a single horizontal first intermediate support member that is located between said upper column and said lower column, wherein said upper column rotatably and detachably rests in a recess in an upper surface of the first intermediate support member at said inner end, and the first intermediate support member has a lower surface with a recess that rotatably and detachably rests on said lower column, wherein the recesses are coaxial and separated by a horizontal barrier structure so that said upper column and said lower column do not contact each other, so that the first intermediate support member is rotatable relative to said upper column and said lower column for adjusting position of the first intermediate support member relative to the top support member; and wherein the top support member is supported at the second end by a second pillar comprising at least one column wherein said first intermediate support member is horizontally-elongated and has an outer end, opposite said inner end, that is supported by a third pillar comprising a vertically-elongated upper column and a vertically-elongated lower column, and an inner end of a single horizontal second intermediate support member that is located between said upper and lower columns of said third pillar; wherein said upper column of the third pillar rotatably and detachable rests in a recess in an upper surface of said second intermediate support member at said inner end of the second intermediate support member, and the second intermediate support member has a lower surface with a recess that rotatably and detachable rests on the lower column of the third pillar, and wherein the recesses of the second intermediate support member are coaxial and separated by a horizontal barrier structure of the second intermediate support member, so that the upper column and the lower column of the third pillar do not contact each other, and so that the second intermediate support member is rotatable relative to said upper column and said lower column of the third pillar for adjusting position of the second intermediate support relative to the first intermediate support member; wherein the second intermediate support member has an outer end that is supported by a fourth pillar comprising a vertically-elongated column; wherein lengths of all of the upper and lower columns of the first pillar, the at least one column of the second pillar, the upper and lower column of the third pillar, and the column of the fourth pillar are selected from a group consisting of three different lengths; and wherein the upper and lower columns of the first pillar are coaxial, and the upper and lower columns of the second pillar are coaxial; wherein said top support member and first and second intermediate support members and said columns are secured in the pedestal only by gravity; and wherein the top support member has an upper surface without any recess and without any column extending up from the top support member upper surface; and wherein the first intermediate support member upper surface, and the second intermediate support member upper surface, each has only a single recess that is said recess in which the upper column of the first pillar and the upper column of the third column rotatably rests, respectively, so that the upper columns of the first pillar and the third pillar are the only columns extending upward from the first and second intermediate support members, respectively.