Patent ID: 8429805
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: E01F,E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for fabricating a railing assembly, comprising the steps of: providing a lower insert, an upper insert, a lower rail and an upper rail; forming a plurality of holes in said lower insert and said upper insert; inserting the lower insert into said lower rail and said upper insert into said upper rail; providing a mounting plate having at least one opening formed therein; placing said mounting plate into overlying relation to a support surface; providing at least one anchor bolt and placing said at least one anchor bolt through said at least one opening to secure said mounting plate to said support surface; joining a post having at least one flat face onto said mounting plate in upstanding relation thereto; plumbing the post and the mounting plate relative to said support surface; securing the lower rail to the post; securing a flat portion of said lower rail to a flat face of said post; sizing a plurality of pickets to span a predetermined rail distance between the lower rail and the upper rail; inserting the plurality of pickets in the holes formed in the lower insert; positioning the upper insert onto the plurality of pickets, such that the plurality of pickets respectively fit through the holes in the upper insert; and securing the upper rail to the post at said predetermined rail distance.