Patent ID: 8876324

Claim:
A handrail assembly for lighting an adjacent area, the handrail assembly comprising: two stanchions for attachment to a surface, each stanchion including mounting structure; a bar for attachment to the stanchions, the bar having two ends and defining mounting structure at the ends; and a lighting element configured to be carried by the bar; the mounting structure of the stanchions and bars cooperative to provide only two alternate mounting orientations of the bar within the stanchions, wherein in a first of the orientations the lighting element is offset circumferentially in a first direction relative to a centerline of the stanchions lighting a first adjacent area on a first side of the stanchions and wherein in a second of the orientations the lighting element is offset circumferentially in a second direction opposite the first direction relative to the centerline of the stanchions lighting a second adjacent area on a second side of the stanchions, wherein the circumferential offset in the first and second orientations is between about 20 to about 45 degrees.