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US 11,174,644 B2Granted
Handrail for staircase
OwnerLesley Susan Pamela Cartwright-Taylorinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a handrail for a staircase comprising a handrail member and an adjustable securement device (80, 85) to support the hand rail member at variable heights above the stairs of a staircase.
Claims17
An adjustable handrail system for a staircase, said adjustable handrail system comprising:
- at least one track attachable to a substantially vertical surface, said track includes a front face with an elongate aperture leading into a widened cavity;
- a handrail member;
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- at least one track follower including a handrail bracket portion, a track bracket portion including a base, and an arm attaching said handrail bracket portion to said base, said handrail bracket portion being configured to securably receive a portion of said handrail member, said base defining a base aperture therethrough, and said handrail bracket portion being spaced from said base by said arm;
- wherein said base being securable to said track front face with a fastener passing through said base aperture and having a head configured to slide in said widened cavity and is engageable with a rear of said front face, said track follower being securable at variable positions along said track;
- wherein said track being configured to support said track follower at variable heights above a staircase;
- wherein said arm is a semi-circular tube including a rib extending interiorly into an opening defined by said semi-circular tube, said rib being parallel with a longitudinal axis of the said semi-circular tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.