In-line hand rail and mounting

Claim 1

A SUPPORTING FITTING FOR MOUNTING A RAIL ON A PAST, SAID SUPPORTING FITTING COMPRISING A SPACER HAVING A PLAIN END PORTION, THE OTHER END OF SUCH SPACER HAVING A SADDLE CONFIGURATION AND ADAPTED TO EMBRACE THE SIDE OF A POST, AN ADAPTER PLUG, COOPERATING MEANS ON THE END OF THE SPACER OPPOSITE THE SADDLE CONFIGURATION AND ON THE ADAPTER PLUG FOR RECEIVING THE ADAPTER PLUG AND PERMITTING RELATIVE ROTATION BETWEEN THE SPACER AND THE ADAPTER, SAID ADAPTER PLUG HAVING AN ENLARGED BASE, SAID SPACER ABUTTING THE BASE OF SAID ADAPTER, THE REMAINING PORTION OF SAID ADAPTER HAVING SPACED ANNULAR PORTIONS OF A SIZE TO BE SNUGLY RECEIVED WITHIN SAID RAIL, SAID SPACED ANNULAR PORTIONS BEING SEPARATED BY A PORTION OF REDUCED DIAMETER, A RAIL TO BE MOUNTED, A THREADED APERTURE IN SAID RAIL, SAID APERTURE SPACED FROM THE END OF THE RAIL WHICH RECEIVED THE PLUG A DISTANCE GREATER THAN THE AXIAL LENGTH OF THE ANNULAR PORTION CONTIGUOUS TO THE ENLARGED BASE BUT LESS THAN THE DISTANCE TO THE ANNULAR PORTION WHICH IS SPACED FROM THE ENLARGED BASE, FASTENER MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID RAIL AND ADJACENT TO THE END THEREOF AND ENGAGING SAID ADAPTER, AND FASTENER MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID ADAPTER FOR THREADED ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID POST.