Plastic deck railing
AssigneeRoyal Group Technologies Limited
InventorTony Curatolo
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Abstract
A deck railing section comprises synthetic posts held spaced from one another by top and bottom rail members. Each of the rail members has a multiple piece construction including first and second interlocking synthetic rail pieces and a metallic reinforcing insert. The insert has holes at post attachment locations along the insert. Each post has screw ports to opposite ends of the post. Rail members are secured to the posts by threaded attachment members passing through the holes in the inserts and into the screw ports of the posts. The first rail pieces are trapped between the posts and the inserts. The second rail pieces lock onto the first rail pieces hiding the reinforcing inserts internally of the rail members.
Claims9
A deck railing section comprising synthetic side by side newel posts held spaced from one another by top and bottom rail members, each of said rail members having a multiple piece construction including first and second interlocking synthetic rail pieces and a metallic reinforcing insert, the reinforcing insert having holes therein at post attachment locations therealong, each post having screw ports to opposite ends thereof, the rail members being secured to the posts by threaded attachment members passing in a vertical direction through the holes in the inserts and into the screw ports of the posts with the first rail pieces being penetrated by the threaded attachment members and thereby trapped between the posts and the inserts, the second rail pieces locking onto the first rail pieces of the rail members biding the reinforcing inserts internally of the rail members.
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