Patent ID: 7475479

Claim:
A method of anchoring a hollow rail post to a concrete surface, said method comprising the steps of: providing a leveling plate having a hole formed therethrough; providing a base plate; providing a plurality of leveling bolts that pass through, and threadably engage, said base plate; providing a concrete mounting bolt having a bolt head and a bolt shaft, wherein said bolt head is welded to said base plate, therein causing said bolt shaft to extend downwardly from said base plate at a perpendicular; providing a tubular structure that is affixed to said base plate and extends upwardly from said base plate; providing spacing tabs that radially extend from said tubular structure, wherein said base plate, said concrete mounting bolt, said tubular structure and said spacing tabs form a single rigid mounting assembly; drilling a pilot hole in said concrete surface that is sized to receive said bolt shaft; placing said leveling plate over said pilot hole, wherein said leveling plate rests freely on said concrete surface; rotating said rigid mounting assembly to drive said bolt shaft into said concrete surface through said pilot hole until said base plate is proximate said leveling plate; selectively tightening said leveling bolts to bring said leveling bolts into contact with said leveling plate and bias said tubular structure toward a vertical orientation; and placing a hollow rail post over said mounting assembly, wherein said tubular structure, said base plate and said spacing tabs pass into said hollow rail post.