Post support bracket assembly

A support post bracket adapted for anchoring the lower end of a support post in flush abutting relation to a floor surface, said bracket comprising an upstanding wall section substantially circumscribing the lower end of said post and having a lower edge co-terminal with the lower edge of said post;

• and horizontal flanges extending horizontally from said lower edge including inwardly directed flanges extending between said support post and floor surface and outwardly extending flanges extending away from said support post, and means for fastening said flanges to the floor surface.

A corner bracket assembly adapted for anchoring the lower end of the newel post in flush perpendicular relation to a floor surface and the like in which said support post has a lower end of generally rectangular cross-section with vertically extending corners between adjoining sides, said corner bracket assembly comprising:

• a plurality of corner brackets, each corner bracket including a pair of upstanding relatively flat plates extending in mutually perpendicular relation to one another away from a common corner formed therebetween, each plate being sized to traverse less than one half the distance between adjacent corners at the lower end of said support post, oppositely directed horizontal flanges disposed for extension from lower edges of each of said plates including inwardly directed flanges extending between the lower end of said support post and said floor surface and outwardly directed flanges extending away from the lower end of said support post, and fastener means for securing said flanges to said floor surface.