Patent ID: 6902153

Claim:
A base for supporting from one to four vertical posts, the base comprising: a. a planar top surface; b. a planar bottom surface; c. four opposed cutouts distributed on the base, each cutout extending between the planar top surface to the planar bottom surface, each cutout defining a handle, and wherein the handles have an opposed relationship to each other; d. four recesses, each of the four recesses extending outwardly from one of the cutouts and under the handle defined by that cutout, such that each handle is recessed upward from the planar bottom surface; e. four post receivers extending upwardly from the planar top surface of the base; f. four stacking recesses extending upwardly into the planar bottom surface, the four stacking recesses arranged for alignable accommodation of upper portions of the four post receivers so as to allow stacking of a base with another identical base; g. a curved radiused upper edge on the planar top surface; and, h. a curved radius upper surface of the cut-out.