Patent ID: 8127696

Claim:
A pedestal which comprises (1) a pedestal base having a horizontal upper surface, the upper surface, defining at least two pairs of open base channels, each pair of open base channels being sized and spaced so that a straight lower support member of constant cross section can be slidably fitted into the pair of base channels, with a midsection of the lower support member lying between the base channels and having an open space underneath it, and the pairs of base channels being placed so that, when a straight lower support member is fitted into each pair of base channels, the support members are horizontal and parallel to each other; (2) a plurality of horizontal straight parallel lower support members, each lower support member being slidably supported by one of the pairs of base channels; and (3) a block component which has (i) a substantially constant, generally rectangular core cross-section, and (ii) top and bottom surfaces, the bottom surface comprising at least one recessed section and at least one projecting section, the recessed and projecting sections being shaped and located so that the block component fits slidably over at least one of the lower support members.