Patent ID: 8534024

Claim:
A stage, said stage comprising: a support structure, a stage platform supported by said support structure and a fenced enclosure provided above said stage platform; said support structure including a substantially upstanding central support column; a plurality of substantially upstanding outer support columns, said outer support columns being provided around said central support column, said outer support columns being substantially equidistant from said central support column and adjacent pairs of said support columns being all substantially equidistant; a plurality of radially extending main beam members each extending between said central support column and a respective one of said outer support columns; and a plurality of circumferentially extending transversal beam members each extending between a respective pair of adjacent ones of said outer support columns; each of said outer support columns defining a pair of support channels each for receiving a respective end of one of said transversal beam members thereinto; wherein said main beam members are fixedly anchored to said central and outer support columns and said transversal beam members are inserted in said support channels while remaining slidable relative thereto.