Patent ID: 9127474
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: E04F,E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A railing system for mounting a panel having a lower edge and two opposing, approximately parallel sides adjacent to said lower edge, said system comprising: a) a shoe with an upward opening slot for receiving said panel, said slot having a first side wall spaced from a second side wall, and a lower wall extending between lower ends of the first and second side walls, said first side wall having therein a longitudinal circular channel extending along a length of and within said first side wall, the channel spaced away from the lower wall; b) a sleeve for holding a panel when a lower edge of a panel is placed in said upward opening slot, said sleeve comprising a first vertical portion positioned adjacent the second side wall of said shoe, and a lower sleeve portion positioned adjacent the lower wall of said shoe; c) an arm having a first end rotatably mounted within said longitudinal circular channel in said first side wall of said shoe, and the arm terminating in a flat surface on an opposite end, the flat surface configured for engaging a side of a panel, when a panel is clamped in the railing system; and d) a set screw extending diagonally downward through the first side wall of the shoe; whereby, when a panel is to be located and clamped in the sleeve, the arm extends upward from the rotatably mounted first end in the circular channel, and urging of the set screw downward into contact with the arm pushes the arm downward and thereby urges the flat surface of the arm against a first side of the panel thereby urging an opposite side of the panel against the first vertical portion, which is in turn urged against the second side wall of the shoe, to thereby clamp the panel in a desired position in the railing system between the flat surface of the arm and the second side wall.