Patent ID: 8468957

Claim:
A multi-orientation stacking riser, comprising: a main section having a first central vertical axis and a first cross-sectional shape; a protruding mating section extending from a first surface of said main section, said protruding mating section having a second cross-sectional shape and having a second central vertical axis; and a recessed mating section formed in a second, opposite surface of said main section, said recessed mating section having a third cross-sectional shape and having a third central vertical axis; wherein said third cross-sectional shape is different than said second cross-sectional shape and at least one of said second or said first cross-sectional shapes is different than said first cross-sectional shape; wherein said second and third central vertical axes are in alignment with said first central vertical axis; wherein said recessed mating section accommodates insertion of a protruding mating section of an identical stacking riser in at least first and second positions such that the stacked risers have a first outer profile when said protruding mating section of said identical stacking riser is inserted into said recessed matin section in said first position and a second outer rtical profile when said protruding mating section of said identical stackin riser is inserted into said recessed matin section in said second position, said first and second outer profiles being different from one another.