Separable tiered cake stand

Claim 1

A CAKE STAND OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENT MOUNTING POST SECTIONS HAVING A CENTRAL BORE, A COUNTER-BORE IN THE LOWER END PORTION OF EACH THEREOF, AND A REDUCED DIAMETER IN THE UPPER END PORTION OF EACH THEREOF, SAID COUNTER-BORE AND SAID REDUCED DIAMETER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY OF THE SAME DEPTH AND SUBSTANTIALLY OF THE SAME DIAMETER, WHEREBY INDEPENDENT SECTIONS OF SAID MOUNTING POSTS HAVE ENDWISE SLIDING TELESCOPIC MOVEMENTS THE ONE WITH THE OTHER IN STACKED ARRANGEMENT, A TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED PIN EXTENDING THROUGH THE COUNTER-BORE IN THE LOWER END PORTION OF EACH MOUNTING POST SECTION AND RIGIDLY SECURED THEREIN AND A PAIR OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY OPPOSED NOTCHES FORMED IN THE PERIPHERAL UPPER EDGE PORTION OF EACH OF SAID MOUNTING POST SECTIONS, SAID NOTCHES IN ONE MOUNTING POST SECTION HAVING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PIN IN THE NEXT UPWARDLY SUCCEEDING MOUNTING POST SECTION TO THEREBY HOLD THE ASSEMBLED SECTIONS AGAINST AXIAL ROTATION AND A CAKE SUPPORTING PLATFORM RIGIDLY SECURED AGAINST AXIAL AND ENDWISE MOVEMENT MOUNTED ON THE LOWER END PORTION OF EACH MOUNTING POST SECTION WHEREBY WHEN SAID MOUNTING POST SECTIONS AND THE SAID CAKE SUPPORTING PLATFORM ON EACH THEREOF, ARE ASSEMBLED IN INTERLOCKING ENGAGEMENT, THE SAID PLATFORMS WILL BE HELD POSITIONED IN UPWARDLY SPACED TIERED RELATION.