Patent ID: 8632056

Claim:
A safety rail assembly, comprising: a plurality of tubular anchoring assemblies, each comprising a slot and a sleeve portion having an upper end and a lower end; a plurality of tubular posts, each having a first end comprising a first aperture and a second end having a pair of aligned second apertures; a plurality of rail sections, each having a rail aperture located at opposing end portions thereof; a plurality of fastening means for fastening said first end of one of said plurality of posts to one of said plurality of anchoring assemblies; and, a plurality of offset assemblies for removably fastening one of said plurality of rail sections to one of said plurality of posts, each comprising: a threaded rod; a pair of post nut fasteners removably fastened to said threaded rod; a rail nut fastener removably fastened to said threaded rod; and, a wing nut removably fastened to said threaded rod; wherein said plurality of anchoring assemblies each are placed within a portion of a wall and secured thereto; wherein each of said plurality of fastening means is sized to correspondingly insert within an individual anchoring assembly and an individual post; wherein an individual offset assembly fastens an individual rail section to an individual post at an offset distance; wherein an individual offset assembly fastens an individual rail section to an adjacent rail section; wherein said threaded rod is removably insertable within said pair of second apertures and said pair of post nut fasteners secures said threaded rod to said individual post; wherein said rail nut fastener secures said threaded rod to a post side of said individual rail aperture and said wing nut secures said threaded rod to an outer side of said an individual rail aperture; wherein said selective placement of said wing nut along said threaded rod enables selective horizontal adjustment of said offset distance; wherein said offset distance is determined by a thickness of said wall and a clearance to add additional courses of said wall; and, wherein said safety rail assembly is adapted to be incorporated into said wall of a construction project.