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US 9,126,289 B2Granted
Railing support post with threaded receivers
OwnerJoel Duane Hermaninventor
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Abstract
A railing support post with threaded holes or receivers for receiving threaded hardware, such as might be used for tensioned cable railing. A decorative sleeve or post cover may be used to at least partially enclose the railing support post. The railing support post may be manufactured, for example, by providing an elongated member of a prescribed length, drilling a plurality of holes spaced along the length of the elongated member, and tapping the plurality of holes to form a plurality of threaded receivers. The threaded receivers are configured to receive rail fittings or other fittings.
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A method of assembling a cable rail support post assembly, comprising:
- providing a cable rail support post, the cable rail support post comprising:
- an elongated member having one or more walls;
- a base support bracket joined with a lower end of the elongated member and having a plurality of mounting holes for mounting the cable rail support post to a surface;
- a plurality of threaded receivers spaced along a length of the elongated member, where the threaded receivers are configured to receive rail fittings, each threaded receiver of the plurality of threaded receivers produced by:
- flow-drilling a hole in a wall of the elongated member, where the flow-drilling increases the thickness of the wall in the vicinity of the hole;
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- tapping the flow-drilled hole;
- placing a hollow decorative sleeve over the elongated member such that the decorative sleeve makes contact with one or more portions of the base support bracket and a gap between the decorative sleeve and the plurality of threaded receivers of the elongated member is maintained;
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- attaching one or more cable railings to the cable rail support post by:
- passing threaded end portions of the one or more cable railings through one or more holes in the decorative sleeve and into corresponding one or more threaded receivers of the plurality of threaded receivers and screwing the threaded end portions of the one or more cable railings into the corresponding one or more threaded receivers, the one or more holes of the decorative sleeve aligned with the plurality of threaded receivers.
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A method for assembling a cable railing system, comprising:
- attaching a support post to a surface, the support post comprising an elongated member having a plurality of threaded receivers spaced along a length of the elongated member, the plurality of threaded receivers configured to receive cable rail fittings inserted thereto and the elongated member characterized as being thicker in the vicinity of the plurality of threaded receivers as a result of flow drilling used to create holes in which the plurality of threaded receivers are formed;
- placing a hollow decorative sleeve over the support post so that the elongated member is located in the interior of the hollow decorative sleeve and coupling the hollow decorative sleeve to the support post via a sleeve support, where the sleeve support extends laterally between the support post and the hollow decorative sleeve such that a gap is maintained between the decorative sleeve and the plurality of threaded receivers of the elongated member;
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- attaching a cable railing to the support post by:
- passing a first threaded end portion of a cable railing tensioner through a hole in the hollow decorative sleeve to the support post, where holes in the decorative sleeve are aligned with the plurality of threaded receivers spaced along a length of the elongated member;
- screwing the first threaded end portion of the cable railing tensioner into a threaded receiver of the elongated member;
- attaching an end-fitting of the cable railing to a second threaded end portion of the cable railing tensioner, where one of the first and second threaded end portions has a right-handed thread and the other has a left-handed thread;
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- adjusting the tension in the cable railing using the cable railing tensioner.
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A cable rail support post assembly, comprising:
- an elongated member having one or more walls;
- a plurality of threaded receivers comprising tapped holes comprising a plurality of flow-drilled holes in at least one wall of the elongated member, the holes spaced along a length of the elongated member, where the wall surrounding each hole has an increased thickness as a result of being formed by flow-drilling and where each hole of the plurality of flow-drilled holes contains a threaded receiver formed by tapping the plurality of flow-drilled holes to produce the plurality of threaded receivers, the plurality of threaded receivers configured to receive cable rail fittings;
- a base support bracket coupled to a lower end portion of the elongated member and having a plurality of mounting holes, the base support bracket configured to enable the cable rail support post to be fastened to a surface, the base support bracket supporting a lower portion of a hollow decorative sleeve placed over the elongated member, wherein one or more portions of the base support bracket makes contact with the hollow decorative sleeve such that a gap between the hollow decorative sleeve and the elongated member located in the interior of the hollow decorative sleeve is maintained;
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- the decorative sleeve, having one or more holes which are aligned with the plurality of threaded receivers spaced along a length of the elongated member to accommodate threaded end portions of one or more corresponding cable railing tensioners passed through the one or more holes and screwed into the plurality of threaded receivers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.