UNIVERSAL BIFURCATED STANCHION FOR HANDRAIL SYSTEMS

摘要

A novel stanchion, for insertion into and support of a tubular post of a handrail system for installation on a horizontal surface, slope or staircase, is configured with a bottom flange attached to a tubular upright portion. The upright portion is bifurcated, forming a mirror-image pair of arcuate sidewalls separated at side edges by a pair of vertical slots extending upwardly from closed low ends near the flange to open ends at the top of the upright portion. The slots are sized in width to allow passage of a handrail system bottom safety member passing through a pair of drilled holes in the post at any desired spacing above the flange, with never any need for drilling the stanchion. If required to ensure against deformation of the upright portion from external forces impacting the handrail system, reinforcement can be selectably located and deployed in a manner that avoids interference with any desired location of the bottom safety member.

主权项

1. A stanchion, for installation into the lower end of a tubular post to form a post assembly of a handrail system which includes an inter-post bottom safety member of designated size passing through a pair of holes drilled in the post, comprising:
a flange portion secured to a base region beneath the post; and a hollow vertical upright portion, attached at a bottom end to said flange portion and bifurcated so as to form a mirror-image pair of arcuate sidewalls separated at side edges by a pair of vertical slots extending upwardly from closed low ends located at a designated spacing above said flange portion to open ends at a top edge of said upright portion, the slots being sized in width to allow the bottom safety member of the handrail system to pass through the post assembly via a pair of holes drilled in the post at any desired spacing above said flange portion, with never any need for drilling said stanchion.