Patent ID: 6811146
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
An pedestrian and bicyclist safety railing comprising:a rigid top aluminum bar having a longitudinal, recessed bar channel protruding outwardly relative to the center of said bar, said bar channel having a predetermined cross-sectional configuration that includes a pair of tabs forming outer upper and inner channel portions in said bar channel; a second bottom bar substantially identical to said first bar mounted parallel to said top bar, said bottom bar channel facing said top bar channel; a plurality of elongated, rigid pickets having a substantially rectangular cross section, with the width of one dimension of said rectangular cross section being sized for a snug fit into inner bar channel portions of said top bar and said bottom bar; a plurality of spacer plugs each plug having a cross-sectional configuration complementary to, and fitting inside, the cross-section of said top bar channel and said bottom bar channel, each spacer plug including a pair of flanges providing recessed portions for receiving said top bar channel tabs and said bottom bar channel tabs for holding and interlocking said each spacer plug within said bar top and bottom channel, said spacer plugs being sized in length to provide a desired distance apart between said pickets when in spaced engagement between adjacent pickets, each pair of adjacent pickets being separated by a spacer plug having first and second flat end faces that contact one flat side wall portion of each of the separated pickets; and at least two end bars connected to said first bar and said second bar in a parallel configuration with one another, the plurality of pickets connected between said top bar and said bottom bar in a common plane, and spaced apart by the plurality of spacer plugs.