1. In a knockdown pedestal stand having components which comprise floor engaging leg means; a top; and a column for joining said top and said leg means, said column being formed from sheet material bent into a three sided elongated member in which one side supports two opposed sides, each of said opposed sides having a flange thereon bent into opposed facing relation and being spaced to define the margins of a slot in said column, and said column including a panel having opposite margins formed with grooves, said panel being positioned in said slot with said grooves slidingly embracing said opposed flanges.

2. In a pedestal stand having a top and leg means, the improvement of a column connecting said top and leg means to carry the load placed on said top into said leg means, said column being formed from sheet material bent into a three sided elongated member in which one side supports two opposed sides, each of said opposed sides having a flange thereon bent into opposed facing relation and being spaced to define the margins of a slot in said column, and said column including a panel having opposite margins formed with grooves, said panel being positioned in said slot with said grooves slidingly embracing said opposed flanges.

4. In a pedestal stand having a top and leg means and a column connecting said top and leg means, the improvement of a column bent from sheet material into a three sided member with two opposed sides integral with a first side, flanges on each of said two opposite sides bent in facing spaced relation and spaced from said first side by the width of said two opposed sides, a panel formed with opposed marginal grooves slidingly mounted upon said spaced flanges, a bracket secured to said top and having spaced slanted walls depending from said top and joined at an outer wall, and tension rod means secured at one end in said bracket outer wall and at the other end in said leg means said bracket slanted walls being stressed in tension.

6. In a pedestal stand having a top and leg means and an interconnecting column: the improvement of the column consisting of sheet material formed with a first elongated wall, side walls extending from and forming margins of said first wall, said side walls extending to the same side of said first wall and having an angular relation of less than 90*, each of said side walls having flanges thereon directed inwardly toward each other at substantially 90* to the respective side walls, said flanges being spaced apart to form an elongated slot opposite said first wall, and an insertable panel mounted in said elongated slot and having opposed marginal grooves slidably embracing said flanges, said grooves forcing said flanges apart to increase the angular relation between said first wall and said side walls to approximately 90*.