Patent ID: 6736373
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
A connector assembly for a handrail installation comprising:two connector components, a first of the two connector components adapted to locate within the bore of an end of a first tubular member of the handrail installation, and a second of the two connector components adapted for connection to a second member of the handrail installation, said two connector components each comprising a head portion and a location portion, the head portions of the two handrail connector components being provided with apertures to receive a retention means for holding the two connector components in interconnected relationship, said apertures and the retention means each having a major axis thereof extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said bore of the end of a tubular member of the handrail installation whereby, during construction of a handrail installation, the retention means may act as a pivot to allow the two connector components to pivot one relative to the other about an axis substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal direction, the first of said two connector components providing a fixed location of the retention means relative to said first of the two connector components, and the second of said two connector components having an elongate aperture elongated in a plane perpendicular to said major axis whereby, during construction of a handrail installation, the second member may be selectively positioned relative to the first member, and said retention means being operable firmly to secure the two head portions relative to one another, wherein said first of said two connector components comprises a pair of lug formations spaced apart wherein the head portion of the second connector component may be located between the lug formations, each of said lug formations is apertured and the aperture of the second connector component is alignable with said lug formation apertures, one lug formation aperture is screw threaded to receive and fixedly locate an end of the retention means, the aperture of the other of the pair of lug formations is dimensioned such that a head portion of the retention means is relatively freely rotatable within that aperture, and the head portion of the retention means may be brought into contact with the head portion of the other connector component by rotation of the bolt to screw it into the screw threaded aperture and thereby act on a side surface of the head portion of the second of the connector components to cause that head portion to bear firmly, non-pivotably against that lug formation of the first connector component formed with the screw threaded aperture.