Patent ID: 7240963

Claim:
A security hand rail assembly incorporating articulating seats, the hand rail assembly comprising: a plurality of vertical support posts in spaced apart relationship secured to a base, and a plurality of horizontal rails interconnecting said vertical support posts; an articulating seat member disposed between adjacent vertical support posts, said articulating seat member comprising a pair of mounting brackets having a first face and a second face, said first face formed to mount flush with one of said adjacent vertical support posts, said second face having a bearing receptacle, said mounting brackets mounted to adjacent vertical support posts; said second face of said mounting bracket having said bearing receptacle for receipt of a complimentary bearing surface wherein said bearing surface is formed of two complimentary bearing surfaces with complimentary alignable throughbores for receipt of a securing means to secure said bearing surface to said second face of said mounting bracket; a pair of complimentary seat support arms having a first and a second end, said seat support arms in secured relationship to each other, each of said seat support arms having an outwardly disposed bushing rotatably, securably mounted in said bearing surfaces on said mounting bracket, said seat support arms having a seat member secured thereto rotatable from a vertical orientation to a horizontal orientation for sitting.