Patent ID: 8286948
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: B21D,E04F,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A railing system comprising: at least one elongated rail having a plurality of spaced-apart openings with at least one flange extending in each spaced-apart opening; and a plurality of hollow elongated pickets having opposite ends, at least one of the ends provided with at least two spaced-apart retaining tabs initially extending lengthwise and inserted through one corresponding opening among the openings of the rail, the tabs of the pickets being outwardly bendable against the rail to rigidly connect the pickets to each corresponding opening of the rail, the flange of the at least one elongated rail being bent into an interior of the corresponding hollow elongated picket to engage an interior surface of the corresponding hollow elongated picket in an oblique relation with respect to the hollow elongated pickets.