Decorative balusters
Assignee1461043 Ontario Limited
InventorCARLOS PACHECO
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Abstract
A longitudinally elongated resilient plastic wrapping for wrapping around a railing baluster, has a tubular shape, a longitudinally extending end-to-end slit, and a decorative surface pattern. In a balustrade, a wrapping may be provided around each of the balusters. To install a wrapping, it is opened along its longitudinal slit so that the wrapping can receive a baluster, it is placed over the baluster and worked the wrapping so that it snugly receives said baluster.
Claims21
A longitudinally elongated resilient plastic wrapping for wrapping around a railing baluster, said wrapping having a tubular shape, a longitudinally extending end-to-end slit, and a decorative surface pattern.
A balustrade comprising:
- a plurality of balusters;
- a plurality of longitudinally elongated wrappings, each wrapping having a longitudinally extending end-to-end slit and a decorative surface pattern, each wrapping wrapped around one of said balusters.
A method of finishing a balustrade comprising, for each of a plurality of balusters:
- opening a tubular wrapping of a plurality of tubular wrappings along a longitudinal slit of said wrapping so that the wrapping can receive a baluster of said plurality of balusters;
- placing the wrapping over said baluster;
- working the wrapping so that the wrapping snugly receives said baluster.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.