1. A shipping platform and show desk comprising:
(A) at least four legs defined by a foot and an elongated midsection;
(B) a center frame defined by
a first elongated sleeve with an open first end and an open second end,
a second elongated sleeve with an open first end and an open second end and
a first width member beam spanning between and fastening the first and second elongated sleeves
(C) a first end frame defined by
a second width member beam defined by a first tubiform corner piece at one end and a second tubiform corner piece at another end,
a first arm beam extending from the first corner piece so that the first arm beam is transverse to the second width member beam, and
a second arm beam extending from the second corner piece so that the second arm beam is transverse to the second width member beam wherein the second arm beam is parallel to the first arm beam;
(D) a second end frame defined by
a third width member beam extending between a third tubiform corner piece and a fourth tubiform corner piece,
defined by a third tubiform corner piece at one end and a fourth tubiform corner piece at another end,
a third arm beam extending from the third corner piece so that the third arm beam is transverse to the third width member beam, and
a fourth arm beam extending from the fourth corner piece so that the fourth arm beam is transverse to the third width member beam wherein the third arm beam is parallel to the fourth arm beam;
(E) a surface panel disposed over said elongated sleeves and first width member;
(F) wherein the first and second arm member beams are slidably and coaxially positioned inside said first open ends of the first and second elongated sleeves respectively, wherein a sleeve-and-pin length adjustment mechanism is defined by pins that are inserted into respectively aligned apertures through the first and second arm members and elongated sleeves;
(G) wherein the third and fourth arm member beams are slidably and coaxially positioned inside said second open ends of the first and second sleeve beams wherein a sleeve-and-pin length adjustment mechanism is defined by pins that are inserted into respectively aligned apertures through the third and fourth arm members and elongated sleeves; and,
(H) wherein each midsection of said legs is through one of said first, second, third, or fourth tubiform corner pieces wherein a sleeve-and-pin length adjustment mechanism is defined by pins that are inserted into respectively aligned apertures through the midsections and tubiform corner pieces.
2. The transport and display apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first and second arm beams of the first end frame withdraw from the sleeves, and are lockable via manipulation of the sleeve-and-pin mechanism of the first and second arms coaxially positioned inside the central frame.
3. The transport and display apparatus of claim 2 employing at least one other support leg there that is fastened to the first elongated sleeve, wherein the leg is defined by a foot.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An assembly for incrementally changing an axially fixable position, comprising:
an annular gripping element with at least one deformation segment, said gripping element in contact with a circumference of a pilot element and said at least one deformable segment circumferentially deformable responsive to a change in a diameter of said gripping element;
a glide push ring axially displaceable along said pilot element and arranged to incrementally urge said gripping element in a first direction along said pilot element; and,
a wedge push ring axially displaceable along said pilot element and wherein said gripping element is arranged to axially fix, in response to a force applied by said wedge push ring in a second direction, opposite said first direction, along said pilot element.
2. The assembly recited in claim 1 wherein said annular gripping element further comprises a circumference and said wedge ring further comprises a surface arranged to contact said circumference of said gripping element, wherein said circumference and said surface of said gripping element are complimentarily shaped.
3. The assembly recited in claim 2 wherein said circumference of said gripping element and said surface are substantially parallel.
4. The assembly recited in claim 2 wherein said surface tapers radially in said second direction.
5. The assembly recited in claim 4 wherein said surface tapers radially inward.
6. The assembly recited in claim 4 wherein said surface tapers radially outward.
7. The assembly recited in claim 2 wherein said gripping element further comprises inner and outer circumferences and a straight loading path between said inner and outer circumferences in response to said force.
8. The assembly recited in claim 2 wherein said pilot element comprises an axial plane and said gripping element further comprises a cross section taken along said axial plane and wherein said cross section is substantially symmetrical about said axial plane.
9. The assembly recited in claim 8 wherein said gripping element further comprises inner and outer circumferences with respective surfaces and said cross section comprises said respective surfaces.
10. The assembly recited in claim 9 wherein said cross section is symmetrical about said axial plane under said force.
11. The assembly recited in claim 1 wherein said circumference further comprises a circumferential surface and said gripping element further comprises a surface arranged to engage said circumferential surface.
12. The assembly recited in claim 1 wherein said gripping element further comprises inner and outer circumferences, one of said inner and outer circumferences is arranged to contact said circumference, and said wedge ring is arranged to contact said gripping element proximate the other of said inner and outer circumferences.
13. The assembly recited in claim 1 wherein said gripping element further comprises inner and outer circumferences, one of said inner and outer circumferences is arranged to contact said circumference, and said glide push ring is arranged to contact said gripping element proximate the other of said inner and outer circumferences.
14. The assembly recited in claim 1 wherein said gripping element further comprises inner and outer circumferences and a circumferential line between said inner and outer circumferences and wherein said gripping element is arranged such that a modification of one of said inner and outer circumferences causes a substantially proportional modification of said circumferential line.
15. The assembly recited in claim 1 wherein said gripping element further comprises inner and outer circumferences and a circumferential line between said inner and outer circumferences, and said gripping element is arranged to be free of twisting about said circumferential line after said application of said force.
16. The assembly recited in claim 1 wherein said glide and push rings are axially fixed with respect to each other
17. The assembly recited in claim 1 wherein said circumference further comprises an inner circumference of said pilot element.
18. The assembly recited in claim 1 wherein said circumference further comprises an outer circumference of said pilot element.
19. The assembly in claim 1 wherein said glide and push rings are arranged to be rotatable with respect to said pilot element.
20. The assembly in claim 1 wherein said gripping element is arranged to be displaceable in said first direction in response to a minimum force with at least a first magnitude, said gripping element is arranged to be non-displaceable in said second direction in response to a maximum force up to a second magnitude, and said second magnitude is at least four times greater than said first magnitude.
21. The assembly recited in claim 1 wherein said gripping element further comprises inner and outer circumferences and a surface disposed between said inner and outer surfaces and wherein said surface is arranged to form an angle with respect to said pilot element and said gripping element is arranged to maintain said angle in response to changes in said inner and outer circumferences.
22. The assembly recited in claim 1 wherein said changes in said inner and outer circumferences are radial.
23. An annular gripping element, comprising:
at least one deformation segment; and,
inner and outer circumferences, wherein one of said inner and outer circumferences is arranged to engage a circumferential surface of a pilot element, said at least one deformation segment is circumferentially deformable in response to a modification of one of a inner and outer diameters of said gripping element, and said gripping element is arranged to incrementally move along said pilot element in a first direction and axially fix in response to a force applied in a second direction, opposite said first direction.
24. The gripping element recited in claim 23 wherein said circumferential surface comprises an outside diameter greater than said inner diameter for said gripping element and said at least one deformation segment is arranged to circumferentially expand.
25. The gripping element recited in claim 23 wherein said circumferential surface comprises an inside diameter less than said outer diameter for said gripping element and said at least one deformation segment is arranged to circumferentially compress.
26. The gripping element recited in claim 23 further comprising:
an axial plane; and,
a cross section taken along said axial plane, wherein said cross section is substantially symmetrical about said axial plane.
27. The gripping element recited in claim 23 further comprising: a longitudinal axis; and, wherein said inner and outer circumferences are axially misaligned.
28. The gripping element recited in claim 23 further comprising: radially disposed segments; and, wherein said inner circumference further comprises a plurality of first segments, said outer circumference comprises a plurality of second segments, and respective said first and second segments are joined by respective said radially disposed segments.
29. The gripping element recited in claim 28 wherein each of said first segments is substantially equal in circumferential length and each of said second segments is substantially equal in circumferential length.