Hand rail assembly incorporating articulating seats
OwnerLarry Stanleyinventor
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Abstract
A security handrail system having a plurality of vertical post members securable in a vertical orientation to a stratum, the vertical post members intersected by a plurality of horizontal cross members, there being articulatingly secured between adjacent vertical post members, an articulating seat member rotatable from a vertical position flush with the plane of the handrail security system to a substantially horizontal plane allowing a user to orient himself in a sitting position for a temporary period of time. The seat member is capable of being formed with a biasing means, automatically returning the seat member to a vertical orientation when weight is removed.
Claims17
A security hand rail assembly incorporating articulating seats, the hand rail assembly comprising:
- a plurality of vertical support posts in spaced apart relationship secured to a base, and a plurality of horizontal rails interconnecting said vertical support posts;
- an articulating seat member disposed between adjacent vertical support posts, said articulating seat member comprising a pair of mounting brackets having a first face and a second face, said first face formed to mount flush with one of said adjacent vertical support posts, said second face having a bearing receptacle, said mounting brackets mounted to adjacent vertical support post;
- said second face of said mounting bracket having said bearing receptacle for receipt of a complimentary bearing surface;
- a pair of complimentary seat support arms having a first and a second end, said seat support arms in secured relationship to each other, each of said seat support arms having an outwardly disposed bushing rotatably, securably mounted in said bearing surfaces on said mounting bracket, said seat support arms having a seat member secured thereto rotatable from a vertical orientation to a horizontal orientation for sitting.
A security hand rail assembly incorporating articulating seats, the hand rail assembly comprising:
- a plurality of vertical support posts in spaced apart relationships secured to a base, and a plurality of horizontal rails interconnecting said vertical support posts;
- an articulating seat member disposed between adjacent vertical support posts, said articulating seat member comprising a pair of mounting bracket having a first face and a second face, said first face formed to mount flush with one of said adjacent vertical support posts, said second face having a bearing receptacle, said mounting brackets mounted to adjacent vertical support post;
- said second face of said mounting bracket having said bearing receptacle for receipt of a complimentary bearing surface;
- said bearing surface having complimentary aligned throughbores for receipt of a securing means for securing said bearing surface to said mounting bracket bearing receptacle;
- a pair of complimentary seat support arms having a first end and a second end, said seats support arms in secured relationship to each other, each of said seat support arms having an outwardly disposed bushing rotatably securably mounted in said bearing surfaces on said mounting brackets, said seat support arms having a seat member secured thereto, said seat support arms further having a biasing means for automatically returning said seat support arms and said seat member to a vertical orientation from a horizontal orientation once weight is removed from said seat member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.