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US3113760A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Interlocking ornamental railing

Assignee: LOCKE Manufacturing CO
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Filing: 1960-01-29
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Granted: 1963-12-10
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Expires: 1980-01-29
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Norman B Huret
  • 👤 Carl W Halliwell

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 22:53
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04F; E04F11/00; E04F11/18; E04F11/181

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 174 words
AN ORNAMENTAL RAILING ASSEMBLY OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, COMPRISING; A PAIR OF ALIGNED NEWEL POSTS PROJECTING FROM A SURFACE IN SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP, WITH EACH OTHER; A PAIR OF CAP MEMBERS EACH RECEIVED ON THE PROJECTING END OF ONE SAID POST IN TELESCOPED RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH; AN ELONGATE UPPER RAIL HAVING ITS ENDS RELEASABLY SECURED TO SAID CAPS AND BEING MOVABLE THEREWITH; AN ELONGATE LOWER RAIL HAVING ITS ENDS SECURED TO SAID POSTS AND BEING DISPOSED IN SUBSTANTIAL PARALLELISM WITH SAID UPPER RAIL; AT LEAST ONE ELONGATE SPINDLE HAVING ITS ENDS RELEASABLY INTERLOCKED WITH RESPECT TO SAID UPPER AND LOWER RAILS; AND SPACER MEANS CARRIED BY SAID TOP AND BOTTOM RAILS AND SPACING SAID SPINDLES FROM EACH OTHER AND FROM ONE SAID POST, SAID SPINDLES RETAINING SAID CAP MEMBERS AGAINST SEPARATION FROM SAID NEWEL POSTS WHEN INTERLOCKED WITH SAID TOP AND BOTTOM RAILS; SAID CAP MEMBERS BEING SEPARABLE FROM SAID NEWEL POSTS WHEN SAID SPINDLES ARE OUT OF INTERLOCKED RELATIONPOSTS WHEN SAID SPINDLES ARE OUT OF INTERLOCKED RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID TOP AND BOTTOM RAILS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 174 words
AN ORNAMENTAL RAILING ASSEMBLY OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, COMPRISING; A PAIR OF ALIGNED NEWEL POSTS PROJECTING FROM A SURFACE IN SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP, WITH EACH OTHER; A PAIR OF CAP MEMBERS EACH RECEIVED ON THE PROJECTING END OF ONE SAID POST IN TELESCOPED RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH; AN ELONGATE UPPER RAIL HAVING ITS ENDS RELEASABLY SECURED TO SAID CAPS AND BEING MOVABLE THEREWITH; AN ELONGATE LOWER RAIL HAVING ITS ENDS SECURED TO SAID POSTS AND BEING DISPOSED IN SUBSTANTIAL PARALLELISM WITH SAID UPPER RAIL; AT LEAST ONE ELONGATE SPINDLE HAVING ITS ENDS RELEASABLY INTERLOCKED WITH RESPECT TO SAID UPPER AND LOWER RAILS; AND SPACER MEANS CARRIED BY SAID TOP AND BOTTOM RAILS AND SPACING SAID SPINDLES FROM EACH OTHER AND FROM ONE SAID POST, SAID SPINDLES RETAINING SAID CAP MEMBERS AGAINST SEPARATION FROM SAID NEWEL POSTS WHEN INTERLOCKED WITH SAID TOP AND BOTTOM RAILS; SAID CAP MEMBERS BEING SEPARABLE FROM SAID NEWEL POSTS WHEN SAID SPINDLES ARE OUT OF INTERLOCKED RELATIONPOSTS WHEN SAID SPINDLES ARE OUT OF INTERLOCKED RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID TOP AND BOTTOM RAILS.

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