Patent ID: 8807537

Claim:
A banister support assembly configured to retain a banister at a selected height from a stair to facilitate installation of the banister, said banister support assembly comprising: a base having a top side, a front edge and a rear edge, a lower side of the base configured to seat upon a tread of a lower stair; a mount being attached to and extending upwardly from said base, said mount having a width dimension and a depth dimension, said width dimension being greater than said depth dimension; wherein said mount includes: a support wall being attached to and extending upwardly from said rear edge, said support wall being oriented perpendicular to said base, a rear side of the support wall configured to abut a front edge of a tread of an adjacent upper stair; a slide being mounted on a front side of said support wall, said slide being movable vertically on said support wall; a plurality of fasteners releasably coupling said slide to said support wall to fix an upper edge of the slide at a selected height; a rod being attached to the upper edge of said slide, said rod extending laterally away from said mount, said rod being configured to be positioned under a banister to support the banister at the selected height, said rod being elongated along a line oriented parallel to said width dimension; and wherein said mount is telescopic such that a height between said rod and said base is selectively adjustable.