Patent ID: 7934701

Claim:
A safety handrail apparatus, comprising: a flexible support component extending from a first end to a distal second end, said flexible support component being a hollow body defined by an inside surface, an outside surface and a discontinuity along its length; a channel element positioned on said outside surface of said flexible support component extending from said first end of said flexible support component to said distal second end of said flexible support component; a light emission component extending from a proximate end to a distant end including an interior surface and an exterior surface; a substrate element extending from a near end to a far end and including an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein said outer surface of said substrate element substantially abuts said interior surface of said light emission component, said light emission component and said substrate element positioned within said channel element such that said near end of said substrate element and said proximate end of said light emission component terminate at said first end of said flexible support component, said far end of said substrate element and said distant end of said light emission component terminate at said distal second end of said flexible support component; said flexible support component, said light emission component and said substrate element are merged and welded together; and wherein the flexibility of said flexible support component exists along the length thereof to facilitate assembly of the handrail apparatus over an existing handrail such that said inside surface of said flexible support component is configured to be directly assembled about and positively engaging be directly assembled to an existing handrail.