Adjustable hand rail
OwnerFrancis J. Toomeyinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable hand rail wherein a plurality of support posts are arranged for positioning individually between spaced existing rail support members of an existing elongate rail member, wherein the support posts each include a telescoping leg having a resilient pad for frictionally engaging a staircase between the existing rail support posts. The support posts each include a row of slots, with a secondary rail member provided with a plurality of mounting plates, and each mounting plate includes a plurality of projections, wherein the projections of each mounting plate are arranged for reception within a pair of the receiving slots of an individual support post to adjustably position a secondary rail member secured to the mounting plates.
Claims4
An adjustable handrail, comprising at least one support post, and
- at least one secondary rail member, wherein the secondary rail member is arranged for securement to the support post, the support post having spaced side walls, wherein one of said spaced side walls has a row of receiving slots, and
- the secondary rail member having secured thereto a mounting plate, the mounting plate including at least one projection arranged for reception within one of said slots, said secondary rail member including a bottom wall, said bottom wall having a support bracket and a support leg, the support leg having a first end spaced from a second end with the first end received within and secured to the bracket, the mounting plate having a front wall spaced from a rear wall, and the support leg second end fixedly secured to the front wall with the rear wall having said projection secured thereto, said projection being of an L-shaped configuration and wherein the slots are each of a generally L-shaped configuration complementarily arranged to receive said projection, and wherein the hand rail includes a lock fastener directed through the mounting plate in engagement with the support post.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.