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US 8,944,414 B2Granted
Component railing system and method of installation
AssigneeC.R. Laurence Co., Inc.
InventorGary Sprague
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Abstract
A component railing system and method of use is provided in which railings may be installed with less time and customization over known systems. In particular, two embodiments of the present invention allow mounting of a cap rail to a post or a bracket. The resulting configurations allow quick installation or replacement of panels, which are supported by the cap rail and base shoe.
Claims14
A component railing system mounting a plurality of planar panels, each having a vertical length, comprising:
- at least one post;
- a support fitting including:
- a post fitting section mounting the support fitting to the post,
- a spacer section fixedly connected to and extending from the post fitting section, the spacer section having a first side adjacent the post fitting section, and a second side opposite the first side,
- a hinge,
- a cap rail fitting section spaced apart from the post fitting section by the spacer section, the cap rail fitting section rotatably connected to the second side of the spacer section by the hinge, whereby the angular orientation of the cap rail fitting section is determined by a degree of rotation about the hinge;
- an elongated cap rail defining an elongated first channel having a first channel depth, the cap rail spaced apart from the at least one post by the support fitting, the cap rail mounted on the post by positioning the cap rail fitting section within a portion of the first channel;
- and
- a base shoe mounted either on a ground or on the post in a substantially fixed relation to the cap rail, and spaced apart from the cap rail by a rail spacing distance that is less than the vertical length of a panel, the rail spacing distance being the shortest distance between any point on the respective base shoe and corresponding cap rail, and the base shoe defining a second channel having a second channel depth, wherein:
- the first channel depth is greater than the second channel depth;
- and
- the sum of the first channel depth, the second channel depth and the rail spacing distance is greater than the vertical length of the panel, and
- wherein, the panel includes a top side and a bottom side, the top side being positioned within the first channel and the bottom side being positioned within the second channel, the panel being slidably insertable between the cap rail and the base shoe by lifting it within the first channel sufficiently so that its bottom side is above the base shoe and then allowing the bottom side to slide within the second channel.
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A component railing system comprising:
- at least one post;
- a support fitting including:
- a post fitting section mounting the support fitting to the post,
- a tapered spacer section fixedly connected to and extending from the post fitting section, the spacer section having a maximum cross-sectional dimension that is smaller than that of the post fitting section, and the spacer section having a first side adjacent the post fitting section, and a second side opposite the first side,
- a cap rail fitting fixedly connected to the spacer section spaced apart from the post fitting section, the cap rail fitting section including at least two mounting parts spaced apart from one another, both parts being fixedly connected to the spacer sections;
- a first elongated cap rail defining an elongated first channel having a first channel depth, the cap rail spaced apart from the at least one post by the support fitting, the cap rail mounted on the post by positioning at least one of the mounting parts of the cap rail fitting section within a portion of the first channel;
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- a base shoe mounted either on a ground or on the post in a substantially fixed relation to the cap rail, and spaced apart from the cap rail by a rail spacing distance, the rail spacing distance being the shortest distance between any point on the respective base shoe and corresponding cap rail, and the base shoe defining a second channel having a second channel depth.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.