Rail post assembly

Claim 1

IN AN ORNAMENTAL STAIRWAY AND RAIL STRUCTURE A PAIR OF STRINGERS HAVING A PLURALITY OF STAIR TREADS MOUNTED THEREON WITH OPEN RISERS, THE STRINGERS BEING RIGIDLY CONNECTED TO SAID TREADS, SAID TREADS HAVING EXTENDED PORTIONS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY BEYOND SAID STRINGERS, SAID TREADS HAVING BORES IN THE EXTENDED PORTIONS THEREOF IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE BORE OF AN UPWARD TREAD ADJACENT THE CORNER OF SAID TREAD AND THE BORE OF A LOWER TREAD ADJACENT A STRINGER NEAR THE REAR OF THE TREAD, RAIL POSTS MOUNTED OUTWARDLY OF SAID STRINGERS CONSISTING OF SEPARATE TOP, BOTTOM AND INTERMEDIATE POST SECTIONS MOUNTED ON, BELOW AND BETWEEN SAID TREADS, SCREW RODS EXTENDING THROUGH THE BORES OF SAID TREADS AND SAID INTERMEDIATE POST SECTIONS AND HAVING SCREW TREAD ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TOP AND BOTTOM POST SECTIONS, RAIL MOUNTING BRACKET MEANS FIXED TO SAID POSTS AND EXTENDING INWARDLY TOWARD SAID STRINGERS AND RAILS MOUNTED ON SAID BRACKET MEANS AND SPACED INWARDLY FROM SAID POSTS.