Patent ID: 6213452
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
A support post for a railing system comprising a base plate, an interior support post and an exterior plastic tube; said base plate including a horizontal plate with securement ports therethrough for attaching said horizontal plate to a support surface, said horizontal plate including a series of upstanding flanges at the periphery of said horizontal plate positioned to snugly engage interior surfaces of said exterior plastic tube when said tube is sleeved over said flanges to fix said plastic tube to said base plate, said horizontal plate including interior to said upstanding flanges an upwardly extending rigid collar defining a support tube into which an end of said interior support post is connected, and a mechanical fastening arrangement securing said end of said interior support post to said collar; said interior support post at an end opposite said base plate including a series of adjustment screws spaced about said support post in engagement with the interior walls of said plastic tube with said screws adjusted to orientate said tube in a generally vertical manner correcting for variations of said support post from vertical; and wherein said exterior plastic tube is oversized relative to said interior support post such that said exterior plastic tube conceals said interior support post therewithin.