Patent ID: 7913983

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a plurality of baluster inserts disposed inside generally vertical balusters, each one of said balusters having a first part comprising a first outer face and an opposing first contact face with a first plurality of apertures transversely extending through said first outer and said first contact faces, and an opposing second part comprising a second outer face and an opposing second contact face with a second plurality of apertures transversely extending through said second outer and said second contact faces, wherein said first and second plurality of apertures form aperture pairs with at least one aperture in said first part of said baluster forming one half of an aperture pair with at least one aperture in the second part of said baluster, each half of each said aperture pair being in physical communication with and disposed on opposing sides of each of said baluster inserts and said respective first and second parts of each said baluster being fixedly attached to an underlying structure such that said respective first and second contact faces face each other; each one of said plurality of baluster inserts having formed therethrough a hole extending between said opposing sides of said baluster insert; a plurality of wires, cables, rods, pipes or tubes, each longitudinally extending through a respective one of said apertures of said first plurality of apertures in said first part of each respective said baluster, through said hole of a respective said baluster insert, and through a respective one of said apertures of the second plurality of apertures in said second part of said baluster, said first and second contact faces extending transversely to said longitudinal extension of said wires, cables, rods, pipes or tubes on said opposing sides of said baluster insert; and said baluster inserts being rotatable to position said wires, cables, rods, pipes or tubes selectively horizontally or at an angle from horizontal.