Patent ID: 7575497

Claim:
An erector set for creating graceful, non-representational artistic structures comprising: (a) a base; (b) a support member comprising a lower portion permanently affixed to the center of said base adapted to support a structure thereupon and an upper portion comprising a substantially vertically-oriented, arcuate member having a v-shaped slot opening upwardly in the upper end thereof; and (c) a plurality of identical, modular, structural elements, each such element comprising a stiff, arcuate member subtending an arc of from 20 to 50 degrees and comprising a mid-section with lower and upper surfaces, the said lower and upper surfaces of said mid-section each having a v-shaped slot therein, and each said element further including a flat, tapered, male end portion and a flat, tapered, female end portion having a v-shaped slot therein, the said male end portion of each of said elements being sized to be received in and structurally retained by the said v-shaped slot in the upper portion of said support member, or in a said v-shaped slot comprising the female tapered end of another arcuate member, or in a said v-shaped slot in the said upper or lower surface of another arcuate member.