Rail and post connector

In a connector of bendable resilient material such as steel, for uniting a post with an abutting rail having in cross-section a base and arms defining a generally squared "U" shape, the connector being an elongate member with an angled middle dividing the elongate member into a first leg and a second leg;

• the first leg having shape for retention in a recess along and between the inside of the arms of the rail and means for resiliently tightening the first leg in the rail, and the second leg having means for securance to a post, the improvement comprising:
• the means for resiliently tightening comprising a plurality of integral barbs of said bendable resilient material extending at an incline from the upper surface of the first leg in position for contacting a said base when the first leg is in a said recess, means for adjusting said tightening including each of said extension being a free end of the barb and each barb having an end opposite the free end integral with the first leg, said end opposite bendable toward and away from the plane of the first leg;
• self draining means for said connector comprising each barb having an adjacent slot through the connector, means making the connector harder to pull out of a said rail than to insert therein, comprising said free end of each barb being toward said angled middle of the connector, said first leg being substantially straight, said barbs being in series on the centerline of said first leg, and said first leg having substantially parallel sides.