Non-welded base for stands or furniture

Claim 1

A KNOCKDOWN BASE FOR A TABLE WHICH COMPRISES: A STEEL HUB MEMBER; SAID HUB MEMBER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL IN SHAPE WITH AN OPEN BOTTOM AND A PLURALITY OF NOTCHES SPACED AROUND IT EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM ALONG THE SIDES TO A PLACE SPACED FROM THE TOP OF SAID HUB; SAID HUB MEMBER HAVING A TOP PORTION WITH AN OPENING IN THE CENTER; A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED CIRCULAR STEEL DISC RECEIVED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID HUB; SAID HUB HAVING AN APERTURE IN ITS CENTER AND WITH EDGES ADJACENT TO AND WITHIN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID HUB; A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL PEDESTAL COLUMN DISPOSED ON TOP OF SAID HUB; A TABLE TOP BRACE RECEIVED ON THE TOP OF SAID PEDESTAL; A ROD; SAID ROD BEING THREADED ON AT LEAST ONE END; RETAINING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH END OF SAID ROD; AT LEAST ONE OF SAID RETAINING MEANS COOPERATING WITH THE THREADS ON SAID ROD; A PLURALITY OF STEEL LEGS; EACH OF SAID LEGS BEING OF ELONGATED RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION; EACH OF SAID LEGS BEING REMOVABLY RECEIVED AT ITS INWARD END IN ONE OF SAID NOTCHES AND EXTENDING NORMALLY FROM SAID HUB MEMBER; THERE BEING AN INDENTATION IN THE UPPER EDGE OF EACH OF SAID LEGS WHICH RECEIVES AT LEAST PART OF SAID HUB MEMBER ABOVE SAID NOTCH; SAID DISC BEARING UPWARDLY AGAINST THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE ENDS OF SAID LEGS WITHIN SAID HUB MEMBER; THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE ENDS OF SAID LEGS WITHIN SAID HUB MEMBER BEARING AGAINST THE TOP PORTION OF SAID HUB; SAID ROD EXTENDING FROM SAID BRACE THROUGH SAID COLUMN, THE OPENING IN SAID TOP PORTION, AND THE APERTURE IN SAID DISC; THE ENDS OF SAID LEGS WITHIN SAID HUB MEMBER BEING SPACED FROM SAID ROD; SAID RETAINING MEANS SECURELY CLAMPING THE AFORESAID DISC, LEGS, HUB, PEDESTAL AND BRACE TOGETHER.