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AssigneeBarrette Outdoor Living, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Michael Schneider, Christopher Heritage, Patrick Bertke, Ryan Burgess
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A cable railing assembly having a plurality of posts, an expandable cable guide assembly, and a tensioning apparatus, and a method of assembling the cable railing assembly. The expandable cable guide assembly includes a pair of cable braces with a cable extending in a serpentine fashion between the cable braces. The tensioning apparatus includes a tensioner base, a tensioner body, a compression spring positioned between the tensioner base and the tensioner body, a movable carriage slidably mounted adjacent the tensioner body and comprising a cable clamp for gripping the cable, and a threaded adjuster secured to the body and operative for moving the movable carriage along the body.
A cable-style railing apparatus comprising:
A cable tensioning apparatus as claimed in claim 14 wherein the base portion has a cable bore for receiving the cable therethrough and the cable can extend through the compression spring and into the cable clamp of the movable carriage.
A cable tensioning apparatus as claimed in claim 14 wherein when the threaded adjuster bolt is turned enough that the spring is compressed between the tensioner body and the base portion to such an extent that the tensioner body is brought into close contact with the base portion, a predetermined amount of tension force is developed in the cable.
A cable tensioning apparatus as claimed in claim 14 wherein tensioner body, movable carriage, and actuator comprising a threaded adjuster bolt are configured and adapted such that a predetermined tensile force can be developed in the cable simply by turning the threaded adjuster bolt to a predetermined extent.
A cable tensioning apparatus as claimed in claim 14 wherein compression spring has a spring rate of between about 150 pounds per inch and about 700 pounds per inch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.