Composite tubular support, particularly tubular pole

Claim 1

A COMPOSITE TUBULAR SUPPORT ADAPTED TO RESIST BUCKLING AND COMPRESSION FORCES COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AT LEAST TWO TUBULAR SECTIONS EACH UNIFORMLY TAPERED BETWEEN OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF AND EACH BEING IN THE FORM OF A TAPERED TUBE OF SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION AND HAVING A SMALL DIAMETER END PORTION AND A LARGE DIAMETER END PORTION AND LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING MARGINS WELDED TOGETHER OVERLAPPING IN PERIPHERAL DIRECTION, ONLY ONE OF SAID MARGINS BEING FORMED BETWEEN SAID SMALL AND SAID LARGE DIAMETER END WITH AT LEAST ONE PERIPHERALLY EXTENDING SLOT, THE OUTER BOUNDARY SURFACE OF THE OTHER OF SAID LONGITUDINAL MARGINS AT SAID SMALL DIAMETER END PORTION BEING LOCATED IN THE OUTER TRUNCATED CONE SURFACE OF SAID TAPERED TUBE AND SAID ONE MARGIN AT SAID SMALL DIAMETER END PORTION BEING RADIALLY INWARDLY OFFSET WITH RESPECT TO THE MARGIN PORTION WELDED THERETO, THE INNER BOUNDARY SURFACE OF SAID OTHER OF SAID MARGINS AT SAID LARGE DIAMETER END PORTION BEING LOCATED IN THE INNER TRUNCATED CONE SURFACE OF SAID TAPERED TUBE AND SAID ONE MARGIN AT SAID LARGE END PORTION BEING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OFFSET WITH RESPECT TO THE MARGIN PORTION WELDED THERETO, SAID UNIFORMLY TAPERED TUBULAR SECTIONS BEING FITTED TOGETHER ALIGNED IN AXIAL DIRECTION SO AS TO FORM A FITTING ZONE IN WHICH SAID TAPERED TUBULAR SECTIONS OVERLAP AND SNUGLY ENGAGE EACH OTHER AT ALL PORTIONS OF TRUNCATED CONE SURFACES LOCATED IN SAID FITTING ZONE.