Patent ID: 7896318

Claim:
A barrier comprising: an upper rail comprising: an elongate web; and a pair of spaced side walls cooperating with the web to define the boundaries of a rail channel; and at least one lower rail comprising: an elongate web having a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings formed therein; a pair of spaced side walls cooperating with the web to define the boundaries of a rail channel; and a plurality of longitudinally spaced tabs, each tab formed adjacent a corresponding one of said web openings; and at least one upright member formed from a single unit of material, comprising: an elongate shaft having opposed ends and extending in transverse relationship to each of the upper and lower rails; and a projecting tab projecting from one of said ends of the shaft; in which a weld is formed between the projecting tab of the upright member and the upper rail, in which the shaft of the upright member extends through a corresponding one of said openings in the lower rail, in which a weld is formed between the upright member and a corresponding one of said tabs of the lower rail, and in which the tabs of the lower rail are tiltable relative to the web of the lower rail, and in which the shaft of the upright member is tiltable relative to its projecting tab.