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Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A PLURALITY OF TUBULAR OBJECTS ARRANGED IN LAYERS, EACH OBJECT HAVING A PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, SAID OBJECTS BEING FURTHER ARRANGED IN AT LEAST ONE COLUMN WITH THE PASSAGEWAYS ALIGNED, A SEPARATOR PAD STRUCTURE BETWEEN LAYERS, SAID PAD STRUCTURE HAVING MEANS FOR POSITIONING ONE END OF AN OBJECT IN ONE LAYER OF A COLUMN, SAID PAD STRUCTURE ALSO HAVING HOLES THERETHROUGH AND DEFLECTABLE HINGED TABS ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF THE HOLES, AND A LOCKING POST EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY THROUGH THE PASSAGEWAYS OF THE OBJECTS IN SAID COLUMN AND THROUGH HOLES IN THE SEPARATOR PAD STRUCTURE, THE TABS OF SAID SEPARATOR PAD STRUCTURE BEING DEFLECTED OUT OF THE PLANE OF THE STRUCTURE IN A POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR THERETO, COOPERATING WITH THE ADJACENT END OF THE OBJECT IN THE NEXT LAYER AND BEING IN INTERIOR FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PASSAGEWAY OF THE OBJECT AT SUCH END, AND IN EXTERIOR FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LOCKING POST VICINAL TO THAT PART OF THE PASSAGEWAY.