Patent ID: 7788866
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: E04B,E04C,E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An end cap assembly in combination with a structural member, the end cap assembly for encapsulating a portion of the structural member having a terminus and a plurality of lateral faces extending from the terminus in combination with a jacket of polymeric material applied in a molten state, the end cap assembly comprising: a base portion for engaging the terminus of the structural member; a plurality of wall portions extending orthogonally from a face of the base portion of the terminus mounting cap in an open annular arrangement; a melt ring having a first solidification temperature integrally formed in the annular arrangement of the wall portions for substantially continuous adhesion about the contiguous lateral faces of the structural member; and a jacket of polymeric material having a second solidification temperature that is compatible with the first solidification temperature that is positioned over the wall portions and the lateral sides of the structural member so that the melt ring is coordinatedly melted together with the jacket of polymeric material so as to be completely encapsulated thereby to interconnect the two and so that the jacket of polymeric material conforms to the outer contours of the lateral faces of the structural member.