A rotatable support structure for supporting one or more of elongate objects, each said elongate object having a first portion and a second portion, said support structure comprised of
- a first support structure, a second support structure, a rotatable axle, a first hub, a second hub, a plurality of first elongate support members and an equal number of second elongate support members, and a locking mechanism;
- said first support structure being substantially rigid and having a substantially vertical orientation;
- said second support structure being substantially rigid and having a substantially vertical orientation and being spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the first support structure;
- said rotatable axle being elongate, monolithic, and substantially rigid and having a first end and a second end, and having a substantially horizontal orientation, and being oriented substantially perpendicular to the first support structure and to the second support structure, with the first end of said rotatable axle being rotatably connected to the first support structure and the second end of said rotatable axle being rotatably connected to the second support structure;
- said first hub being substantially planar and having a circumferential perimeter and a central aperture, said central aperture of the first hub configured to allow the rotatable axle to pass into and through said central aperture of the first hub, said first hub fixedly attached to the rotatable axle proximate to the first end of the rotatable axle, said first hub having a substantially vertical orientation and being oriented substantially perpendicular to the rotatable axle;
- said second hub being substantially planar and having a circumferential perimeter and a central aperture, said central aperture of the second hub configured to allow the rotatable axle to pass into and through said central aperture of the second hub, said second hub fixedly attached to the rotatable axle proximate to the second end of the rotatable axle, said second hub having a substantially vertical orientation and being oriented substantially perpendicular to the rotatable axle and parallel to the first hub;
- each of said plurality of first elongate support members being substantially rigid and non-articulating, such that no portion of any said first elongate support member moves relative to any other portion of said first elongate support member, and having a first end and a second end, and being fixedly attached at its first end to the perimeter of the first hub such that it extends outward from the first hub in an orientation substantially perpendicular to the rotatable axle;
- each of said second elongate support members being substantially rigid and non-articulating, such that no portion of any said second elongate support member moves relative to any other portion of said second elongate support member, and having a first end and a second end, and being fixedly attached at its first end to the perimeter of the second hub such that it extends outward from the second hub in an orientation substantially perpendicular to the rotatable axle, with each said second elongate support member corresponding with one of the first elongate support members and oriented in alignment with and parallel to said corresponding first elongate support member;
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- said locking mechanism having an unlocked mode and a locked mode, wherein said locking mechanism is configured to allow the rotatable axle to rotate relative to the first and second support structures when in the unlocked mode, and said locking mechanism is configured to prevent the rotatable axle from rotating relative to the first and second support structures when in the locked mode;
- whereby each of the first elongate support members is configured to have the first portion of one of the elongate objects attached directly thereto, and
- each of the second elongate support members is configured to have the second portion of one of the elongate objects attached directly thereto;
- such that said elongate object is entirely supported upon the seconds ends of an associated pair of first and second elongate support members without need for any intervening structure therebetween.