US 5,360,191 A · Bannister attachment especially adapted for facilitating the mounting of a child safety gate

Abstract

A bannister attachment especially adapted for facilitating the mounting of a child safety gate includes a longitudinally extending body member possessing on a front face two spaced, substantially parallel rails defining a central recessed mounting channel adapted for releasably receiving extensible abutment feet extending from a side edge of a conventional child safety gate. Top and bottom box frame members secured to the elongated body member are selectively mountable around the end post of a bannister of a stairway to semi-permanently secure the bannister attachment at the head of a stairway. The bannister attachment provides a safe, secure, and ornamentally attractive device for facilitating the mounting of a conventional child safety gate.

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Dependent claims

In combination with a bannister post, a bannister attachment for mounting a laterally extensible child safety gate including at least one abutment foot to said bannister post, said bannister attachment comprising:

an elongated body member possessing at least one surface facing away from said bannister and being dimensioned and disposed for engagement with at least one abutment foot of a child safety gate, said body member spanning a central portion of said bannister post in substantially parallel overlying relation;
a first mounting assembly connected to an upper end of said body member and disposed in engagement with an upper end portion of said bannister post;
and
a second mounting assembly connected to a lower end of said body member and disposed in engagement with a lower end portion of said bannister post.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Bannister attachment especially adapted for facilitating the mounting of a child safety gate

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Bannister attachment especially adapted for facilitating the mounting of a child safety gate

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