Patent ID: 6826886
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: E04C,E04F

Abstract:
In combination of a column and a capital, which column having a non-uniform cross section with a maximum inner dimension and a minimum inner dimension, comprising: a column; a capital, which comprisingan ornamental upper portion; and a neck attached to said ornamental upper portion inserted within a portion of said column, said neck having a cross section with a maximum outer cross-sectional dimension which is smaller than a maximum inner cross-sectional dimension of a portion of said column inserted by said neck but larger than the minimum inner cross-sectional dimension of the portion of said column occupied by said neck, a minimum outer cross-sectional dimension smaller than a minimum inner cross-sectional dimension of the portion of said column occupied by said neck, and the difference between the maximum outer cross-sectional dimension of said neck and the minimum inner cross-sectional dimension of the portion of said column inserted by said neck is small enough to permit said neck to be twisted to attain general alignment of the maximum outer cross-sectional dimension of said neck with the minimum inner cross-sectional dimension of said column.