Readily expandable pedestal construction for one or more seating units

Claim 1

AN EASY TO ASSEMBLE AND DISASSEMBLE, LIGHT-WEIGHT, METAL, POST-SUPPORTING PEDESTAL STRUCTURE, COMPRISING: A METAL COLUMN HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL CAVITY PASSING THERETHROUGH FOR RECEIVING A POST, SAID COLUMN INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ANGULARLY SPACED PAIRS OF VERTICALLY SEPARATED UPPER AND LOWER SIDE HOLES EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID VERTICAL CAVITY AND AN OUTER SURFACE OF SAID COLUMN ADJACENT A LOWER OPEN END OF SAID CAVITY, THE UPPER SIDE HOLE OF EACH PAIR LYING APPROXIMATELY NORMAL TO SAID CAVITY AND THE LOWER SIDE HOLE OF EACH PAIR BEING READILY ACCESSIBLE FROM SAID LOWER OPEN END OF SAID CAVITY AND INCLINED FROM SAID CAVITY TOWARD ITS ASSOCIATED UPPER SIDE HOLE; A PLURALITY OF SIDE MEMBERS FOR EXTENDING FROM AND SUPPORTING SAID COLUMN AND EACH HAVING A METAL END FOR BUTTING AGAINST SAID COLUMN AND INCLUDING AN UPPER AND LOWER END HOLE CORRESPONDING TO AND ALIGNED WITH A DIFFERENT PAIR OF SAID UPPER AND LOWER SIDE HOLES; AND MEANS FOR RELEASABLY SECURING SAID SIDE MEMBERS TO SAID COLUMN TO PRODUCE A STURDY PEDESTAL, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF REMOVABLE METAL PINS SLIDABLE IN SAID UPPER SIDE HOLES AND EXTENDING OUTWARD FROM SAID COLUMN INTO SAID CORRESPONDING UPPER END HOLES IN SAID SIDE MEMBERS, AND A PLURALITY OF METAL MEMBERS IN SAID LOWER SIDE HOLES AND SCREWING INTO SAID CORRESPONDING LOWER END HOLES IN SAID SIDE MEMBERS.