Lazy susan system

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The purpose of the present invention is to provide a new lazy susan system to be utilized primarily during transportation of the assembled system to an installation site that has all of the advantages of prior art devices and none of the disadvantages.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a lazy susan system wherein the rotatable shelves and shelf supporting elements can be secured against sliding on the tube or collapsed upon themselves and anchored in that collapsed position during transportation of the system from the manufacturing site to the installation site.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a lazy susan system of the type described which can be totally assembled at the manufacturing site and collapsed thereafter to be shipped in the protectable state to avoid damage and misalignment.
The system includes a housing with top and bottom and a substantially vertical shaft positioned within the housing secured to the top and bottom and holding one or more rotating shelves or surfaces.
Suitable means for supporting the shelves in a desired location are provided, and all of these components are releasably secured to the shaft so that they can be moved to, for example, the lower end of the shelf and secured in that arrangement to prevent damage or misalignment during shipment.
Thus, there has been outlined the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated.
There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the arrangement of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings