Coupling means for tubular members

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED TUBULAR MEMBERS, EACH HAVING A TERMINAL END, EACH TUBULAR MEMBER BEING PROVIDED, AT LEAST AT ONE OF ITS ENDS, WITH A PLUG HAVING AN AXIALLY EXTENDING THREADED OPENING, MEANS EXTENDING RADIALLY EXTENDING THREADED OPENING, MEANS EXERATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF ITS ASSOCIATED TUBULAR MEMBER TO EFFECT A FRICTIONAL FORCE FIT THEREWITH, A FIRST STUD THREADED AT ONE END SECURED IN THE THREADED OPENING OF ONE OF SAID PLUGS, A FIRST CONNECTOR MEMBER HAVING AT LEAST ONE END PORTION PROVIDED WITH A SECOND AND THREADED AT ONE END AND A BODY PORTION PROVIDED WITH A GENERALLY FLAT SURFACE HAVING AN APERTURE THERETHROUGH, SAID FLAT SURFACE LYING IN A PLANE PASSING SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGH THE AXIS OF SAID SECOND STUD, A SECOND CONNECTOR MEMBER HAVING AT LEST ONE END PORTION PROVIDED WITH A THREADED STUD AND A BODY PORTION HAVING A GENERALLY FLAT SURFACE WITH AN APERTURE THERETHROUGH, SAID LAST MENTIONED FLAT SURFACE LYING IN A PLANE PASSING SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGH THE AXIS OF SAID LAST MENTIONED STUDS, SAID FIRST CONNECTOR MEMBER AND SAID SECOND CONNECTOR MEMBER BEING MOUNTED ON SAID FIRST MENTIONED THREADED STUD WITH SAID FLAT SURFACES OF SAID BODY PORTIONS IN ABUTTING RELATIONSHIP AND WITH THE THREADED OPENING IN SAID ONE PLUG, THE APERTURE IN SAID FIRST CONNECTOR MEMBER AND THE APERTURE IN SAID SECOND CONNECTOR MEMBER ALL IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT, A NUT ON SAID FIRST MENTIONED THREADED STUD ASSOCIATED WITH SAID ONE PLUG SECURING SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONNECTOR MEMBERS TO SAID ONE PLUG AND SAID OTHER THREADED PLUGS BEING SECURED TO THE THREADED STUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRST AND SECOND CONNECTOR MEMBERS, WHEREBY ANY LOAD APPLIED TO THE CONNECTOR MEMBERS WILL BE TRANSMITTED SUBSTANTIALLY AXIALLY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE STUDS.