Abstract: A timber connecting system for wood structures and especially post and beam structures in which the post is encircled by at least one connecting element having two spaced apart ring bands with an open side and a pair of straps connecting the ring bands and extending away from the post which is encircled by the ring bands. The beam is received between the straps and a further beam can be supported relative thereto by another connecting element whose U-shaped retaining parts engage the respective beams and have closed sides pivotally connected together.

Abstract: An adjustable stair railing (12) for a stairway railing (14) being a plurality of balusters (16) supporting a handrail (18) on a stairway (20). The adjustable stair railing (12) comprises an auxiliary rail (22) and a facility (24) for attaching the auxiliary rail (22) to some of the balusters (16) in a height adjustable manner and a parallel relationship below the handrail (18) on the stairway railing (14). A young child unable to reach the handrail (18) can now grip the auxiliary rail (22), to travel up and down the stairway (20) in safety without tripping on the stairway (20).

Abstract: A connector assembly connects two rails to a T-post. The connector assembly includes a first and second connector configured to receive the rails, and a mounting member attached to the T-post for pivotally mounting the first and second connectors to the T-post about a plurality of axes. The connector assembly includes a locking mechanism for interlocking the first and second connector with the mounting member. The connector assembly also includes a lock for securing the mounting member to the T-post.

Abstract: A protective grille assembly mountable over a window opening in a wall, includes a grill panel having a plurality of parallel, spaced, vertical bars fixed to a plurality of parallel, spaced, horizontal bars. The grille panel is of larger dimensions than the window opening such that the ends of the bars along at least one side project past the respective side of the window opening when the grille panel is mounted thereto. A plurality of fastening brackets mount the grille panel to the wall to cover the opening. Each bracket includes a loop section for slidably enclosing an end of a bar at the projecting side of the grille panel, and a fastening section for fastening the bracket to the wall after the loop section, while enclosing an end of a bar, has been slid along the respective bar to a location where the fastening section can be fastened to a mounting surface of the wall.

Abstract: A fence system including posts for supporting horizontal rails and infill material such as panels or wooden boards. The posts comprise spaced-apart channel members of substantially C-shaped cross-sections having channels facing inwardly. The rails extend between the channel members of the post. A connector in the form of band clamps at least the upper ends of the channel member of the post together and preferably supports the rails. The lower ends of the channel members of the post are preferably set in concrete or secured to a base.

Abstract: A universal post connector is disclosed for interconnecting fence posts and braces either of which may be a pipe post or tee post at any horizontal or vertical angle and at any position along the length of each. The universal connector is also adaptable to tee posts and pipe posts of all standard cross-sectional sizes. The preferred embodiment includes a pair of sleeves and a pair of collars to interconnect two tee posts. At least one sleeve is slipped onto each tee post and fastened thereto at any position along the length of the tee post using a fastening device. A collar encircles each sleeve and is clamped at any position along the length of the sleeve. A coupler pivotally interconnects the collars and locks the collars at variable angles with respect to each other. In the case where a pipe post is used in place of a tee post, the collar can be directly clamped to the pipe post without using a sleeve.

Abstract: A resilient mounting system for safety barriers, including guardrails, hand rails, etc., includes a urethane rubber or other resilient material substantially between the periphery of the barrier and a floor or base. The barrier is biased against the base so as to provide an stiff yet resilient impact resistance that yields to absorb the energy of impact, such as from a vehicle, rather than requiring the structural material of the barrier itself to absorb and perhaps become dislodged or deformed by the impact. The resilient material can be shaped generally like the periphery of the barrier or it can be a standard shape that is replicated and arranged to engage a support for the barrier. A rail is resiliently mounted between two supports, the resilient mounting being arranged to permit limited relative movement between the rail and the supports but resisting removal of the rail from the supports.

Abstract: A fencing system with mounting clip for joining fencing members to one another. The system includes a number of straight plastic tubes that are cut appropriately into posts, cross members and pickets as the fence members and are for connection together using mounting clips to form a picket fence. The mounting clip is for joining the fence members together is formed from a section of a stiff material, such as spring steel, for attachment to a post or cross fence member, has an upper section that is bent at intervals thereacross and includes a broad lower end section. The lower end section has a flat end and is bent at spaced intervals thereacross, upwardly and then downwardly to where the flat end is approximately aligned with the flat center section undersurface. The mounting clip is to fit into a keyhole opening that is formed in fence member fitted, with the mounting clip broad lower end to fit through a keyhole opening wide end.

Abstract: A specialized metal bracket permits the installation of wooden handrails between two upright supporting surfaces, such as posts, walls and the like, so that the bracket is not visible from the sides of the handrail. The bracket is L-shaped and recessed into the handrail on a side surface and bottom surface of the handrail. Two holes in a vertically-extending portion of the bracket are drilled adjacent to a bend in the bracket to permit trimming of a height of the bracket, as necessary. Two holes in the horizontally-extending portion of the bracket are spaced from the bend of the bracket to provide clearance from a post to facilitate use of a screwdriver to secure the handrail to the bracket. Both sets of holes are counter-sunk from opposite surfaces of the bracket so that the screws extending vertically into the handrail will not conflict with the screws extending horizontally into a post.

Abstract: A fence system including posts for supporting horizontal rails and infill material such as panels or wooden boards. The posts comprise spaced-apart channel members of substantially C-shaped cross-sections having channels facing inwardly. The rails extend between the channel members of the post. A connector having side edges bent to engage interned flanges of the channel members is held in place by a bolt and washer. An alternative connector in the form of a band clamps at least the upper ends of the channel member of the post together and preferably supports the rails. The lower ends of the channel members of the post are preferably set in concrete or secured to a base.

Abstract: A clamp for securing together sections of conduit has a first clamping section and a second clamping section. Each clamping section is made up of a base portion and a connecting plate which extends from the base portion. The connecting plates each have a through-hole formed therethrough and are aligned so that a bolt may be inserted. The bolt pivotally connects the first and second clamping sections together. A pair of U-clamps are provided and secure each respective conduit section to its associated clamping section. The sections of conduit are secured within the clamping sections so as to be in a plane parallel to each other while being adjustable to any desired angle. The sections of conduit may also be rotated within the clamping sections to angle the clamp with respect to other clamps attached to opposing ends of the conduit sections.

Abstract: A pipe corral connector consisting of a pair of bolts having corresponding hingedly coupled first ends, and second, threaded ends. The second end of one of the bolts is provided with a right hand thread while the second end of the other bolt is provided with a left hand thread. The threaded ends of the bolts are brought together with a nut that is internally threaded halfway with a right hand thread and halfway with a left hand thread. The nut provides a turnbuckle-like effect in bringing the two bolts together and tightly joining intersecting or parallel pipes of a pipe corral. The connector eliminates all sharp edges which might otherwise injure a corralled horse. The inside surface of the connector bolts may be serrated or notched to provide increased friction at the point of pipe connection. The nut and one of the bolts may be marked to identify matching thread sense to facilitate determination of the correct orientation of the nut.

Abstract: An ergonomic handrail/bumper has an elongated metal retainer of substantially uniform cross-section along its length that is adapted to be mounted on a wall by supports. A bumper-retaining portion of the retainer includes a generally vertically oriented web, to which a handgrip-retaining portion spaced apart above the web is joined by a connecting portion. A bumper member is mounted on the front of the web of the bumper-retaining portion, and a handgrip member is mounted on the handgrip-retaining portion of the retainer. The handgrip-retaining portion has a base joined to the connecting portion, the base being inclined upwardly and rearwardly with respect to the front part of the bumper-retaining portion, and a pair of spaced apart retaining flanges extending generally upwardly from the base and defining a channel.

Abstract: A handrail assembly having seamless joints. The exposed components of the handrail are lengths of thick-walled plastic pipe and selected components have a metallic liner. The plastic pipes are joined to one another at any desired angle with the use of an alignment stud. The alignment stud has one end formed as a saddle at the desired angle to its axis and is attached to the one component by a threaded fastener passing through the stud. The hollow cylindrical saddle of the stud bears against the outside of the plastic pipe of the one component and is held in tight engagement against the pipe by the threaded fastener. The plastic pipe of the other component is likewise formed with a hollow cylindrical saddle adapted to mate with the outside surface of the first component and is telescopically engaged over the fastened stud and is anchored in place by a set screw passing through the plastic pipe into the stud. The head of the set screw is concealed by a plug.

Abstract: A removable handrail mounting bracket assembly includes a wall mounting member and a removable bracket member. The wall mounting plate is intended to be permanently mounted to a wall surface. The removable bracket member is intended to be permanently attached to the underside of a handrail. The wall mounting member has a pair of spaced longitudinal side portions adapted for attachment to the wall surface and a longitudinal middle portion extending between and interconnecting the side portions. The bracket member has a base portion adapted to overlie and cover the wall mounting member and an arm portion rigidly attached at an inner end to the base portion and extending in a cantilevered relationship therefrom to an outer end adapted for attachment to a handrail.

Abstract: A high strength security fence for resisting penetration by vehicles. The fence has high strength line posts that support a plurality of tensioned high strength cables. In the preferred form, these cables are threaded through the posts. The cables are each encased in a conduit-type rail sheath (i.e., superstructure) that span the distance between the posts. Typically, at least one end of each cable is anchored within the concrete anchor of a post adjacent a line post supporting the cable. Cables can be anchored, and tensioned, at corner buttresses if desired. To improve the aesthetic appearance of the fence and to add further strength, the posts and rails can be encased in decorative superstructures, and vertical strengthening bars are joined to the rail superstructure. A clamp is described for joining the high strength fence to upright posts of conventional chain link fences or the like.

Abstract: A fence structure is provided for the containment of horses and the like, employing in combination with wooden vertical posts a plurality of vertically spaced and generally parallel disposed horizontal metal rails fixedly secured to the wooden posts by readily attachable support means, preferably provided by clamp means substantially encircling each of said metal rails and maintained therearound by fastening means in intimate engagement with the wooden posts. In a specific exemplary embodiment of the invention, the support means may take the form of brace bands in combination with pole barn nails.

Abstract: A railing construction comprising a plurality of upright posts, and a plurality of horizontal hollow rails having a generally rectangular cross section are connected between adjacent posts. Each rail includes a pair of side walls, a bottom wall and a top wall. Rail supporting brackets are connected to each post and each bracket includes a pair of spaced vertical side members that are disposed flatwise against the inner surfaces of the respective side walls of the rail. In addition, each bracket is provided with a horizontal lip that is disposed flatwise against the bottom wall of the rail. The end of the bottom wall of the rail has a notch having a length at least equal to the horizontal length of the side members of the brackets, so that the rail can be slipped downwardly over the bracket. The bottom wall of the rail and the horizontal lip of the bracket are provided with aligned holes which receive a bolt to connect the rail to the post.

Abstract: A metal clip is formed with an arcuate front base portion having a pair of generally C-shaped flange side anchor portions projecting from folded back edges of the clip. Fencing materials such as wire or rails are attached to a flange projecting from the bottom edge of the clip. When the clip is inserted into a channel with inwardly turned edges the C-shaped flanges clip onto the edges. When the arcuate front base portion of the clip is flattened by striking with a hammer, the C-shaped flanges rotate into locking engagement with the inwardly rolled edges of the channel.

Abstract: A ground implanted support system includes a plurality of conical base members having irregular configurations in transverse cross section which are inserted in preformed complementary holes formed by a tool which is uniformly forced into the ground either manually or by controllable force producing means and thereafter each of the implanted base members receives a bolt, a plug, a post, or the like in a precast opening in the top of each base member. In a preferred form of the invention, the base members are precast from concrete and the base members are not inserted completely in the ground which reduces corrosion of the part being supported by the base members.

Abstract: A fence bracket for mounting adjacent fence rails in fixed relation on a fence post includes first and second fingers extending around a portion of the fence post and each having a hooked portion which is disposed over and engages at least one flange of the post wherein at least one of the fingers is engageable with one of a series of protrusions on a face of the post to limit movement of the bracket thereon. Means are also provided between the first and second fingers for supporting overlapping ends of adjacent rails whereby a fastener may be driven through the overlapping ends to secure the rails in fixed relation on the post. The bracket may be installed from the side of the post and hence does not require the prior removal of other fencing apparatus supported thereby.

Abstract: A fitting and a method for facilitating clamping in a cluster a plurality of star posts to form a strainer post in a fence line, and comprising a yoke having radiating legs enclosing the star posts which are clamped to the yoke by an encircling U-bolt and recessed saddle, the yoke having slots in the ends of its spokes for capture upon the U-bolt and the saddle.

Abstract: A handrail system for suspending a handrail spaced from a supporting structure such as a wall with internal clamping brackets providing a trim appearance. The handrail system includes an elongated generally cylindrical rail body having a tubular wall of generally uniform wall thickness surrounding a hollow interior region. Slots are formed in the tubular wall along a line parallel with the rail axis. A rail support assembly connects each slot to the supporting structure. Each rail support structure includes a pair of similar stamped and formed metal brackets. Each bracket includes a flat body and an arm of reduced size extending from the body at an angle and defining a pair of rail engaging shoulders on the body. The arms are inserted through a slot into generally side-by-side relation within the hollow interior region with the shoulders extending beyond the slots.

Abstract: A guard rail comprising stiffening posts, a bottom rail and a top rail connecting the posts, is fastened to a building element, for instance a concrete slab, by a fastening device. The device comprises an anchor plate permanently secured to the building element and having an upper spherical support surface. A base plate has a lower support surface received by the support surface of the anchor plate. The upper portion of the base plate has a projecting collar which receives one of said posts in vertical position. The amount of horizontal offset of the collar is such that the posts and the bottom rail may be in contact with the building element.

Abstract: A post is made in one piece with at least two outwardly facing longitudinal surfaces of the post which are adjacent to one another and which extend generally in planes disposed at right angles with respect to one another formed with means for receiving and seating horizontal rails. Holes are provided for securing means to secure the rails to the seats. The seating means are offset in height in the two surfaces respectively so that rails can be secured to the post in crossing relation if desired.

Abstract: The invention is an improved method and device for attaching chain link fabric to the framework of fences and other such enclosures. In particular, the invention provides a novel and unique method and device for holding chain link fabric to the outside face or surface of said framework. The framework (end post, line post, top rail, and/or bottom rail) is provided with a plurality of slots in the sides of the members of the framework, into which special clips or retainers mesh by press-fit and hold the chain link fabric in place. The said clips or retainers being capable of providing a tight connection to maintain the interface between the chain link fabric and the framework member to which attached one tension on the chain link fabric to keep it taut has been established. Several types of clips are provided that may be used. The system is useable on a variety of framework member cross-sectional designs.

Abstract: A stockade fence comprising a plurality of stockade fence panels which are supported on metallic post and associated cross bars which are readily secured at right angles by a fixture which includes a pair of angularly disposed C shaped clamps arranged to embrace and secure the horizontal cross bar to the vertical post in any adjusted position. The fence panels are supported on the cross bar by resting the fence rails thereon with fasteners securing the rails of the fence panel to the support cross bars.

Abstract: A rattle-free rail construction includes a plurality of vertical line posts, each having an H cross-sectional configuration defining vertical channels in the post. Each channel includes a pair of opposed, vertically extending arcuate grooves which are of the correct diameter to properly accept self-tapping screws. Another pair of opposed, vertically extending retention grooves are disposed in each channel, parallel and adjacent to the arcuate grooves. Horizontal bars of the railing construction are secured with the ends thereof in opposed channels of adjacent line posts, the bars being spaced apart in each channel by post inserts which snappingly engage the retention grooves in the channel. Double-sided foam tape is applied to the top and bottom ends of the horizontal bars, and the entire assembly is secured in a channel by joining a top subrail onto top of post by means of screws received into the top openings of the arcuate grooves.

Abstract: A construction fence post including a hollow tubular post having a C-shaped mounting bracket at the lower end thereof, a shank extending through the hollow tubular post and projecting outwardly thereof towards an oppositely disposed arm of the C-shaped clamp and drive means at the upper end of the post for driving the shank towards and away from said arm of the C-shaped clamp to releasably clamp a structure disposed therebetween. The shank is resiliently longitudinally compressible whereby the clamping force is maintained between the shank and the arm when the proportions of the structure which is disposed therebetween vary due to temperature variations or the like.