Patent ID: 7093825
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A handrail, comprising: a long handrail having an asymmetrical smooth curved line periphery in transverse cross-section, said periphery having an upper face portion and a lower face, and a handrail support having an upper face that engages said lower face of said handrail to support said long handrail, said lower face of said handrail and said upper face of said handrail support having complementary circular shapes so that an angle and a position of said handrail relative to said handrail support is adjustable, said periphery including a side face of the handrail forming a piniky-engaging side of the handrail that has a protuberant circular shape and that has an upwardly-extending recess at a lower end vicinity position of said circular shape, and said periphery including an opposite side face forming a thumb-engaging side of the handrail that has a longitudinally-extending recess that is located closer to said upper face portion than said lower face and that is adapted for a person's thumb placed approximately parallel to a longitudinal axis of the handrail when the person grasps the handrail.