Ceramic fitting for tubular furniture construction

An ornamental knob-like fitting adapted to be attached to and removed from a seated position between two axially aligned, substantially fixed, confronting tubular members without disassembly of the fitting itself, said tubular members being spaced apart a distance less than the axial length of said knob-like fitting, at least one of said tubular members being capable of flexing to a position where said members are not axially aligned, whereby, when finally seated and connected between the tubular members, the knob-like fitting envelops both ends of the confronting tubular members, said knob-like fitting comprising:

• (a) a unitary body member of a prescribed shape having a first end and a second end and an axial dimension extending collinearly with the longitudinal axis of said two confronting tubular members and a diameter greater than the diameter of said tubular members;
• (b) a rod member extending axially through said unitary body member and secured therein;
• (c) a first and second well surrounding said rod in said first and second ends of said body member respectively;
• (d) said first well having a depth dimension at least as great as the difference between the axial dimension of said fitting and said distance between said confronting tubular members, whereby said first end may be positioned on the corresponding end of one of said tubes and moved to a point which exceeds its final seated position by a distance sufficient to allow the other of said tubes to be placed in position aligned with said second end.