Safety arrangement for stairs

A safety arrangement for stairs, said safety arrangement comprising an elongate rail and a handle engaged on said rail and longitudinally slidable therealong, the engagement of said handle on said rail being such that any force applied to said handle other than in a direction parallel to the longitudinal extent of said rail causes jamming of said handle with respect to said rail thereby to prevent sliding movement of said handle along said rail, wherein said handle comprises a skeleton of reinforcing material and a covering of rubber moulded over said skeleton.

A safety arrangement for stairs, said safety arrangement comprising an elongate rail and a handle engaged on said rail and longitudinally slidable therealong, the engagement of said handle on said rail being such that any force applied to said handle other than in a direction parallel to the longitudinal extent of said rail causes jamming of said handle with respect to said rail thereby to prevent sliding movement of said handle along said rail, said rail having a portion thereof having four walls defining a box section with a longitudinally extending slot provided in one of said walls, said handle having a gripping portion to be gripped by the user, a narrow neck portion integral with the gripping portion and extending through said slot in said one of the walls and a head portion integral with said neck portion and contained within said box section, said head portion having a width greater than the width of said slot and a second of said walls of said box section, which said second wall extends parallel to said one of said walls, extending laterally outwardly from said box section to form fixing flanges and said fixing flanges being formed with apertures therein to receive fixing screws whereby said rail can be secured to a wall alongside a flight of stairs.