Rail and railing system
OwnerSimon Walkerinventor
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Abstract
The invention concerns a rail (12;14) for a railing system having a plurality of spacers (20) for spacing a plurality of railing pickets, said rail comprising a substantially elongated planar member (22) and first and second substantially parallel elongated side-walls (24, 26) perpendicularly connected to said planar member (22), wherein said side walls each comprise opposing grooves (28) running substantially parallel to said elongated planar member (22), said grooves adapted to receive the plurality of spacers (20). The invention concerns also a railing system for holding picket railings and comprising a plurality of spacers (20) adapted to space the picket railings apart and a rail adapted to internally receive said plurality of spacers and to secure the picket railings.
Claims16
A rail for a railing system having a plurality of spacers for spacing a plurality of railing pickets, the rail comprising:
- a substantially elongated planar member;
- and
- first and second substantially parallel elongated side-walls perpendicularly connected to said planar member wherein said side walls each comprise opposing grooves running substantially parallel to said elongated planar member, said grooves adapted to receive the plurality of spacers.
A rail system for holding picket railings, the rail system comprising:
- a plurality of spacers adapted to space the picket railings apart;
- and
- a rail adapted to internally receive said plurality of spacers and to secure the picket railings.
A rail system comprising:
- a top and bottom rail;
- a post adapted to receive said top and bottom rails;
- a plurality of pickets for placement between said top and bottom rails;
- and
- a plurality of spacers adapted to be inserted into said top and bottom rails for spacing said plurality of pickets apart.
The rail system of claim 16 wherein the connectors comprise universal angle brackets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.