Interconnectable modular connectors for tubular elements

Claim 1

A MODULAR CONSTRUCTION FOR ASSEMBLING TUBULAR SECTIONS IN COOPERATING RELATIONSHIP COMPOSED OF A PLURALITY OF MODULES, EACH OF SAID MODULES COMPRISING: A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT CENTER PORTION HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCUMFERENTIAL OUTER EDGE OF FINITE RADIUS; TWO DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSING FLANGES DEPENDING FROM SAID CENTER PORTION, EACH OF SAID FLANGES GENERATED BY EACH OF SAID ARCS HAVING A RADIUS EQUAL TO THAT OF EACH OF SAID ARCS HAVING A RADIUS EQUAL TO THAT OF SAID CENTER PORTION EDGE, THE ARCS GENERATING EACH SAID FLANGE BEING GENERATED FROM CENTERS 63* APART; A FIRST LIP HAVING AN OUTSIDE RADIUS EQUAL TO THAT OF SAID CENTER PORTION EDGE, SAID FIRST LIP INTEGRALLY PROJECTING FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID CENTER PORTION; TWO DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSING FLANGES DEPENDING FROM SAID FIRST LIP AND GENERATED BY TOW ARCS DRAWN TANGENT TO SAID FIRST LIP, EACH OF SAID LAST RECITED ARCS HAVING A RADIUS EQUAL TO THE RADIUS OF SAID CENTER PORTION EDGE, THE ARCS GENERATING EACH SAID FIRST LIP FLANGE BEING GENERATED FROM CENTERS 60* APART; A SECOND LIP HAVING AN OUTSIDE RADIUS EQUAL TO THAT OF SAID CENTER PORTION EDGE, SAID SECOND LIP INTEGRALLY PROJECTING FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID CENTER PORTION; TWO DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSING FLANGES DEPENDING FROM SAID SECOND LIP AND GENERATED BY TWO ARCS DRAWN TANGENT TO SAID SECOND LIP, EACH OF SAID LAST RECITED ARCS HAVING ARADIUS EQUAL TO THE RADIUS OF SAID CENTER PORTION EDGE, SAID ARCS BEING GENERATED FROM CENTERS 60* APART; SAID CENTER PORTION, SAID FIRST LIP AND SAID SECOND LIP DISPOSED SO THAT THEY ARE SUBSTANTIALLY CENTERED ABOUT ON AXIS WITH THE DEPENDING FLANGES SPACED AT 60* INTERVALS ABOUT SAID AXIS; SAID FIRST LIP AND SAID SECOND LIP HAVING INSIDE EDGES OF DIAMETERS SUBSTANTIALLY EUQAL TO THE OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF SAID TUBULAR SECTIONS, SAID INSIDE EDGES ADPATED TO RECEIVE SAID TUBULAR SECTIONS; AND MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SAID MODULES IN NESTING ALIGNMENT.