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US 6,029,954 AGranted
Railing assembly
OwnerDomenico Murdacainventor
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Abstract
A railing assembly is provided where the upper railing and the lower railing are interconnected with suitable cross-bars or plates and siding strips are snapped-on and locked on the sides of the railings to cover the opening and/or the ledge in the upper and lower railings and generally to strengthen and enhance the appearance of the railing assembly. Kits are also included within the scope of this invention for installing such railing assembly in conjunction with porches, stairways and the like.
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A railing assembly comprising an upper railing and a lower railing made of a metal, each railing having a longitudinal channel therein;
- means secured within said channels adapted to interconnect said railings with one another;
- and a siding strip adapted to be snapped-on and locked laterally on each side of each railing, each said siding strip having an inwardly projecting flange at one of its edges, such that when two siding strips are locked laterally on opposite sides of each railing, their flanges serve to substantially fully cover any opening or ledge of the longitudinal channel.
An aluminum railing assembly comprising:
- an upper railing and a lower railing made of aluminum, each railing having a generally U-shaped longitudinal channel;
- a plurality of spaced apart aluminum cross-bars pivotably fastened at each end to each railing within the U-shaped channels;
- and aluminum siding strips adapted to be snapped-on and locked on each side of each railing, each said siding strip having an inwardly projecting flange such that when two siding strips are locked laterally on opposite sides of each railing, their flanges cooperate to substantially fully cover the opening of the U-shaped channel, said flanges being provided with cutouts in places where said flanges meet the cross-bars when the siding strips are locked laterally onto the sides of the railings, said cutouts having a size and shape adapted to essentially surround the cross-bars.
A railing assembly kit comprising:
- (a) a structure consisting of an upper railing and a lower railing made of a metal, each railing having a longitudinal channel therein, and a plurality of spaced apart cross-bars also made of a metal, pivotably fastened at each end to each railing within the longitudinal channel of each railing;
- (b) siding strips made of a metal, adapted to be snapped on and locked laterally on the sides of the railings, said siding strips having inwardly projecting flanges serving to substantially fully cover the opening of the longitudinal channel when said siding strips are locked laterally on each side of each railing, said flanges having cutouts in places where said flanges meet the cross-bars when the siding strips are locked laterally onto the sides of the railings, said cutouts having a size and shape adapted to surround the cross-bars;
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- (c) end posts and intermediate posts made of a metal, to which predetermined sections of said structure are adapted to be connected, each of said posts being provided with a base capable of being firmly attached to the floor where the railing assembly is to be installed.
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A railing assembly kit comprising:
- (a) an upper railing and a lower railing made of a metal, each railing having a longitudinal channel therein;
- (b) end-posts and intermediate posts made of a metal, to which predetermined sections of said railings are adapted to be connected, each of said posts being provided with a base capable of being firmly attached to the floor where the railing assembly is to be installed;
- (c) plates adapted to be inserted by their top and bottom ends into the longitudinal channels of the upper and lower railings respectively to be firmly held therein and thereby interconnect said railings;
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- (d) siding strips made of a metal, adapted to be snapped-on and locked laterally on each side of each railing, each siding strip having an inwardly projecting flange such that when two siding strips are locked on opposite sides of each railing, their flanges serve to cover side ledges of each longitudinal channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.