METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTION WHEN VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL MEMBERS ARE USED

摘要

An apparatus including a first rail and a first locking strip, each having a first opening, and a first picket, having a first slot. The first locking strip may be inserted into the first rail so that the first openings of the first rail and the first locking strip align in a non locked state. At least part of the first picket may be inserted into the first openings of the first locking strip and the first rail, when the first openings of the first locking strip and the first rail are aligned in the non locked state. The first locking strip is configured to slide into a locked state in which part of the first locking strip is within the first slot of the first picket, while the first locking strip is within the first rail, and while the first picket is inserted in the first rail.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising
a first device; a first rigid member; and a first locking strip; wherein the first device has a compressible section; wherein the first device is configured to fit within a first slot of the first rigid member; wherein the first locking strip, the first rigid member, and the first device are configured so that the first locking strip can be placed in a first state in which a first end of the first rigid member is inserted into a first slot of the first locking strip and the compressible section of the first device is not compressed and in a second state in which the first end of the first rigid member is inserted into the first slot of the first locking strip and the compressible section of the first device is compressed.