Patent ID: 7448180

Claim:
An arrangement for easily framing a lolly column, comprising: at least one securing member adapted to be wrapped and secured tightly about a lolly column when the lolly column is fixed at a lower end thereof to a floor and at an upper end thereof to a ceiling, each said securing member including a substantially hollow, thin walled cylindrical member having a lengthwise slot extending therealong which splits the cylindrical member along the length thereof to define opposite facing edges on opposite sides of said lengthwise slot that are movable away from each other to enable the opposite facing edges to be pulled apart to permit the cylindrical member to be pulled in a direction transverse to a lengthwise direction thereof around a lolly column and thereby wrap the cylindrical member around the lolly column; and a plurality of wall members secured to the at least one securing member for securing elongated framing members thereto such that the framing members extend in a direction parallel to the lolly column, each wall member including a first wall presenting a planar surface to which an elongated framing member is adapted to be secured, wherein each wall member includes a second wall presenting a planar surface to which the elongated framing member is adapted to be secured, the second wall being connected with at least one of said first wall and said cylindrical member at a position substantially at a connection of said first wall to said cylindrical member, and said first and second walls of each wall member substantially form a right angle therebetween.