Patent ID: 8740192

Claim:
A railing assembly comprising: a plurality of locking components, wherein said locking component comprises a plurality of wedge shaped locking slots, each wedge shaped locking slot having a narrow end and a wide end opposite the narrow end, each locking component further comprising a receiving member with a receiving aperture at one or more ends; a plurality of hollow upright members, wherein each upright member includes a plurality of holes, which are configured to align with the corresponding plurality of wedge shaped locking slots, when the locking component is placed within the upright member; a plurality of rail elements, wherein each of said rail elements has at least one end portion passing through the wide end of at least one wedge shaped locking slot and a corresponding one of the holes in the upright member; and at least one fastening unit arranged at an end of each of the plurality of upright members, wherein said fastening unit comprises: a base member; and at least one threaded fastener passing through said base member and engaging with said receiving aperture of a respective one of said plurality of locking components; wherein rotation of the threaded fastener causes the locking component to move within the upright member such that the narrow end of the wedge shaped locking slots engages with each of the plurality of rail elements.