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US 11,939,789 B2Granted
Railing support post with receivers
OwnerJoel Duane Hermaninventor
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Abstract
A railing support post with threaded holes or receivers for receiving threaded hardware, such as might be used for tensioned cable railing. A decorative sleeve or post cover may be used to at least partially enclose the railing support post. The railing support post may be manufactured, for example, by providing an elongated member of a prescribed length, drilling a plurality of holes spaced along the length of the elongated member, and tapping the plurality of holes to form a plurality of threaded receivers. The threaded receivers are configured to receive rail fittings or other fittings.
Claims18
A cable rail assembly comprising:
- first and second post sleeves, each having a plurality of holes located along a length of the post sleeve;
- first and second support posts, which share a common configuration, each having a first plurality of cable receivers spaced along a first length of the support post and a second plurality of cable receivers spaced along a second length of the support post in opposition to and in alignment with the first plurality of cable receivers, wherein the first support post is sized to fit within the first post sleeve to form a first cable rail support and the second support post is sized to fit within the second post sleeve to form a second cable rail support;
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- a plurality of cable rails configured for tensioning between the first and second support posts, each cable rail of the plurality of cable rails comprising:
- a cable;
- a first cable rail fitting for coupling the cable to the first or second support post, having a first end for receiving the cable and a second end for coupling to a cable receiver of the first and second support posts, wherein rotation of the second end of the first cable rail fitting tensions the cable to the first and second support posts;
- wherein each cable receiver of the first and second support posts is sized to receive the first cable rail fitting of the cable rail,
- wherein each cable receiver of the first and second support posts is sized to receive a cable of the plurality of cable rails therethrough,
- wherein each of the plurality of holes of the first and second post sleeves is located to align with a respective one of the cable receivers of the first and second support posts to enable a cable of the plurality of cable rails to be passed through respective ones of the first plurality and second plurality of cable receivers and corresponding aligned holes of the first or second post sleeves, and thereby enable each of the first and second support posts to be used as an end post or an intermediate post, and
- wherein a first end portion of the cable is configured to couple, via the first cable rail fitting, to a cable receiver of the first or second support post, the second end of the first cable rail fitting extending through a respective one of the holes of the first and second post sleeves and engaging with the cable receiver.
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A cable rail assembly for supporting a plurality of cable rails, the assembly comprising:
- a plurality of post sleeves, each post sleeve having a plurality of holes located along a length of the post sleeve;
- a plurality of support posts that share a common configuration, each support post having:
- a first plurality of cable receivers spaced along a first length of the support post;
- a second plurality of cable receivers spaced along a second length of the support post and oriented perpendicular to the first plurality of cable receivers;
- a third plurality of cable receivers spaced along a third length of the support post, located in opposition to and in alignment with the first plurality of cable receivers;
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- a cable rail configured for tensioning between first and second support posts, the cable rail comprising:
- a cable;
- a first cable rail fitting for coupling the cable to one of the support posts, having a first end for receiving the cable and a second end for coupling to a cable receiver of the support post, wherein rotation of the second end of the first cable rail fitting tensions the cable to the first and second support posts,
- wherein each support post is sized to fit within a respective one of the post sleeves to form a cable rail support;
- wherein each cable receiver of each support post is sized to receive the first cable rail fitting of the cable rail,
- wherein each cable receiver of each support post is sized to receive the cable of the cable rail therethrough;
- wherein each of the plurality of holes of each post sleeve is located to align with a respective one of the cable receivers of one of the support posts to enable the cable of the cable rail to be passed through respective ones of the first plurality and third plurality of cable receivers and corresponding aligned holes of the post sleeve;
- wherein a first end portion of the cable is configured to couple, via the first cable rail fitting, to a cable receiver of one of the support posts, the second end of the first cable rail fitting extending through a respective one of the holes of the post sleeve and engaging with the cable receiver;
- and
- wherein each support post may be used as an end post, an intermediate post or a corner post.
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A method for assembling a cable rail assembly, the method comprising:
- providing first and second post sleeves, each having a plurality of holes located along a length of the post sleeve;
- providing first and second support posts, which share a common configuration, each having a first plurality of cable receivers spaced along a first length of the support post and a second plurality of cable receivers spaced along a second length of the support post in opposition to and in alignment with the first plurality of cable receivers;
- positioning the first post sleeve over the first support post to form a first cable rail support;
- positioning the second post sleeve over the second support post to form a second cable rail support;
- passing a first cable rail fitting at least partially through a hole of the first post sleeve and coupling the first cable rail fitting to a cable receiver of the first support post, the first cable rail fitting having a first end for receiving a cable and a second end for
- coupling to the cable receiver, wherein each cable receiver of the first and second support posts is sized to receive the first cable rail fitting;
- coupling a first end portion of a cable to the first support post via the first cable rail fitting, the second end of the first cable rail fitting extending through the hole of the first post sleeve and engaging with the cable receiver,
- wherein each cable receiver of the first and second support posts is sized to receive the cable therethrough and wherein each of the plurality of holes of the first and second post sleeves is located to align with a respective one of the cable receivers of the first and second support posts to enable the cable to be passed through respective ones of the first plurality and second plurality of cable receivers and corresponding aligned holes of the first or second post sleeves, and thereby enable each of the first and second support posts to be used as an end post or an intermediate post,
- passing a second cable rail fitting at least partially through a hole of the second post sleeve and coupling the second cable rail fitting to a cable receiver of the second support post, the second cable rail fitting having a first end for receiving the cable and a second end for coupling to the cable receiver;
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- coupling a second end portion of the cable to the second support post via the second cable rail fitting, the second end of the second cable rail fitting extending through the hole of the second post sleeve and engaging with the cable receiver;
- and
- rotating the one or more of the second ends of the first and second cable rail fittings to tension the cable between the first and second support posts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.