Patent ID: 7168689
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A pedestrian and bicyclist safety railing comprising: a rigid top hollow aluminum bar having a longitudinal, recessed channel protruding outwardly relative to the center of said bar, said bar channel having a predetermined cross-sectional configuration that includes a pair of passage tabs projecting laterally and inwardly forming upper and lower channel portions in said bar channel; a bottom bar substantially identical to said top bar; a plurality of elongated, rigid pickets having substantially a predetermined rectangular cross section, with the width of one dimension of said rectangle being sized for a snug fit into said lower bar channel portions of said top and bottom bars; a plurality of snap-in spacer plugs having the same cross-sectional configuration as the cross-section of said bar channels including a pair of tapered flanges and a pair of recessed portions for receiving said passage tabs for holding and interlocking said spacer plug within said bar channel, said spacer plugs being sized in length to provide the desired distance apart between said pickets when in spaced engagement between adjacent pickets; and means for joining said top bar and said bottom bar in a parallel configuration with said plurality of pickets connected between said top bar and said bottom bar in a common plane, and spaced apart by a plurality of snap-in spacer plugs.