Patent ID: 6517043
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: F04D,F16M

Abstract:
A base for supporting a column in a generally upright position, said base comprising:a first member presenting a first inner surface and an engagement element, said engagement element presenting an engagement surface laterally spaced from the first inner surface; and a second member presenting a second inner surface and a second outer surface, said members readily shiftable between a disassembled configuration wherein the members are decoupled from one another and an assembled configuration wherein the first inner surface engages the second inner surface and the engagement surface engages the second outer surface, said engagement element operable to restrict relative lateral movement of the members when the members are in the assembled configuration, said second member defining an opening extending through the second member between the second inner surface and the second outer surface, said engagement element extending through the opening when the members are in the assembled configuration.