Patent ID: 8887456

Claim:
A kit for assembling to produce a staircase, the kit comprising: a pair of stair supports; a plurality of treads; a plurality of risers; a plurality of tread supports for supporting treads when the staircase is assembled; and a template having markings that define a plurality of recesses, such that when the template is cut in accordance with the markings the template has a plurality of recess, each recess having a shape similar to a shape of the tread supports, each of the plurality of recesses being positioned such that when the template is coupled to one of the stair supports, the template defines the correct final position of the plurality of tread supports on the stair supports to produce a staircase to a given specification, and wherein each of the plurality of treads and each of the plurality of risers are configured to be coupled with one or more of the plurality of tread supports.