Baluster with beveled end
OwnerPatrick R. Hogganinventor
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Abstract
A baluster with beveled end having, near one or both ends of the baluster, the perimeter of the baluster proceed increasingly more inward as such end of the baluster is approached. There is some indentation at all points along the perimeter, although such indentation need not necessarily be uniform.
Claims22
An improved baluster having a perimeter, an upper end with a cross-sectional shape, a lower end with a cross-sectional shape, and a longitudinal axis, wherein the improvement comprises:
- the baluster, near the lower end of the baluster, being beveled, by indentation, at every point along the perimeter of the baluster, thereby creating a slanted surface adjacent to the lower end of the baluster, wherein:
- the slanted surface adjacent to the lower end of the baluster is curved, when viewed in a plane containing the longitudinal axis of the baluster.
An improved baluster having a perimeter, an upper end with a cross-sectional shape, a lower end with a cross-sectional shape, and a longitudinal axis, wherein the improvement comprises:
- the baluster, near the lower end of the baluster, being beveled, by indentation, at every point along the perimeter of the baluster, thereby creating a slanted surface adjacent to the lower end of the baluster;
- the baluster, near the upper end of the baluster, is beveled, by indentation, at every point along the perimeter of the baluster, thereby creating a slanted surface adjacent to the upper end of the baluster;
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- the slanted surface adjacent to at least one of the ends of the baluster is curved, when viewed in a plane containing the longitudinal axis of the baluster.
An improved baluster having a perimeter, an upper end with a cross-sectional shape, a lower end with a cross-sectional shape, and a longitudinal axis, wherein the improvement comprises:
- the baluster, near the lower end of the baluster, being beveled, by indentation, at every point along the perimeter of the baluster, thereby creating a slanted surface adjacent to the lower end of the baluster;
- the baluster, near the upper end of the baluster, is beveled, by indentation, at every point along the perimeter of the baluster, thereby creating a slanted surface adjacent to the upper end of the baluster;
- the slanted surface adjacent to at least one of the ends of the baluster is curved, when viewed in a plane containing the longitudinal axis of the baluster;
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- the baluster is composed of polyvinyl chloride.
An improved baluster having a perimeter, an upper end with a cross-sectional shape, a lower end with a cross-sectional shape, and a longitudinal axis, wherein the improvement comprises:
- the baluster, near the lower end of the baluster, being beveled, by indentation, at every point along the perimeter of the baluster, thereby creating a slanted surface adjacent to the lower end of the baluster;
- the slanted surface adjacent to the lower end of the baluster is curved, when viewed in a plane containing the longitudinal axis of the baluster;
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- the baluster is composed of polyvinyl chloride.
An improved baluster having a perimeter, an upper end with a cross-sectional shape, a lower end with a cross-sectional shape, and a longitudinal axis, wherein the improvement comprises:
- the baluster, near the lower end of the baluster, being beveled, by indentation, at every point along the perimeter of the baluster, thereby creating a slanted surface adjacent to the lower end of the baluster;
- the baluster, near the upper end of the baluster, is beveled, by indentation, at every point along the perimeter of the baluster, thereby creating a slanted surface adjacent to the upper end of the baluster;
- the slanted surface adjacent to at least one of the ends of the baluster is curved, when viewed in a plane containing the longitudinal axis of the baluster;
- for at least one of the slanted surfaces the indentation that forms the slanted surface is the same all around the perimeter of the baluster at a given distance from the end of the baluster to which that slanted surface is adjacent;
- the cross-sectional shape of at least one end of the baluster is square;
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- the baluster is composed of polyvinyl chloride.
An improved baluster having a perimeter, an upper end with a cross-sectional shape, a lower end with a cross-sectional shape, and a longitudinal axis, wherein the improvement comprises:
- the baluster, near the lower end of the baluster, being beveled, by indentation, at every point along the perimeter of the baluster, thereby creating a slanted surface adjacent to the lower end of the baluster;
- the baluster, near the upper end of the baluster, is beveled, by indentation, at every point along the perimeter of the baluster, thereby creating a slanted surface adjacent to the upper end of the baluster;
- the slanted surface adjacent to at least one of the ends of the baluster is curved, when viewed in a plane containing the longitudinal axis of the baluster;
- for at least one of the slanted surfaces the indentation that forms the slanted surface is the same all around the perimeter of the baluster at a given distance from the end of the baluster to which that slanted surface is adjacent;
- the cross-sectional shape of at least one end of the baluster is circular;
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- the baluster is composed of polyvinyl chloride.
An improved baluster having a perimeter, an upper end with a cross-sectional shape, a lower end with a cross-sectional shape, and a longitudinal axis, wherein the improvement comprises:
- the baluster, near the upper end of the baluster, being beveled, by indentation, at every point along the perimeter of the baluster, thereby creating a slanted surface adjacent to the upper end of the baluster;
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- the slanted surface adjacent to the upper end of the baluster is curved, when viewed in a plane containing the longitudinal axis of the baluster.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.