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Abstract

A foot for connection to a leg of a table or the like is basically formed by a stack of similarly upwardly tapered one-piece elements including an upper element, at least one intermediate element, and a lower element all centered on a common upright axis and each having a downwardly flaring skirt having an upper edge and a lower edge and a flat plate bridging the upper edge. These elements all are substantially free of internal structure beneath the respective plates and within the skirt but are of sizes decreasing incrementally from the lower element to the upper element. Each plate is formed at the axis with a central hole and the lower edges of at least the upper and intermediate elements each form a downwardly open seat. The plates of at least the lower and intermediate plates are formed offset from the respective central holes with respective upstanding centering formations complementarily engageable in the seats of the respective immediately overlying elements. The upper element has an upwardly directed centering formation fittable with the lower end of the leg to which the foot is to be attached. A multipart bolt extends axially through the holes and has an upper end engaged with the lower end of the leg fitted to the foot and a lower end bearing upward on the plate of the lower element.

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