Patent ID: 7032355

Claim:
A child's handrail assembly, comprising: an elongated post having a first buckle-receiving opening at a first end thereof and a second buckle receiving opening at the opposite, second end thereof; a resilient pawl mounted in each of said buckle-receiving openings and biased toward one side of their respective buckle-receiving openings and a strap-locking position, but movable against the bias of the panel toward an opposite side of the buckle-receiving opening and a strap-release position, the pawl having a tooth thereon; a first strap having a first end attached to the first end of the post, and a free end receivable in the first buckle-receiving opening, the first strap having a series of teeth engageable with the pawl of the first buckle-receiving opening to define a first strap opening suitable for engaging a first handrail; a second strap having a first end attached to the second end of the post, and a free end receivable in the second buckle-receiving opening, the second strap having a series of teeth engageable with the pawl of the second buckle-receiving opening to define a second strap opening suitable for engaging a second handrail in a position parallel to the first handrail position and separated according to the length of the post; a handrail received in the second strap opening such that by pulling the free end of the second strap, the second strap tightly engages the circumference of the handrail.