Patent ID: 7108101

Claim:
An insert adapted to be embedded in a cast member for force-fittingly receiving a leg portion of a step, said insert being comprised of: a hollow, substantially cylindrical-shaped elongated housing having an open end and a closed end; one of the open end and the closed end having a flange lying entirely in a plane diagonally aligned with a longitudinal axis of said housing; another one of the open end and the closed end having a flange lying in a plane perpendicular to said longitudinal axis; an interior surface of said housing having a portion thereof being provided with a plurality of projections arranged at spaced intervals and extending radially inward; each of the plurality of projections having a tapering cross-section defined by a first surface diagonally aligned with the longitudinal axis and facing the open end and a second surface perpendicular to said longitudinal axis and facing the closed end.