Patent ID: 7392627

Claim:
A profiled rail system for bridging floor covering transitions, ends or staircase edges, the profiled rail system having a base, a covering profile and a means for mounting said covering profile on said base for relative vertical and pivotal movement therebetween, said mounting means comprising a vertical leg extending from said base and a joint, said joint comprising an inner shell defining a recess into which said vertical leg is received and an outer shell defining a recess into which said inner shell is received, said inner shell comprising a substantially smooth, cylindrical outer surface portion, said outer shell recess comprising first and second substantially vertically aligned, substantially cylindrical recess portions, each of said recess portions comprising a substantially smooth inner surface and substantially corresponding in shape to said outer surface portion of said inner shell, the position and orientation of said covering profile relative to said base being adjustable by moving said inner shell into a selected one of said outer shell recess portions with said substantially smooth, cylindrical outer surface portion of said inner shell adjacent said substantially smooth inner surface of said selected outer recess portion, thereby permitting said inner shell to be freely pivoted relative to said outer shell.