Supporting bolt

Claim 1

A supporting bolt assembly for connecting prefabricated steps together into a stairway, said supporting bolt assembly readily permitting the steps in said stairway to be adjusted, partially disassembled and completely disassembled with respect to each other, said supporting bolt assembly comprising a one-piece, long-shanked middle bolt formed with an axial threaded bore in each of its end portions, each said step being formed with a plurality of through bores of a size and configuration to snuggly receive an end portion of said middle bolt, said supporting bolt assembly further comprising a pair of end pieces each comprising a head portion and a threaded shank, said end piece head portion having a size and configuration large enough to prevent it from passing through said step through bore, said end piece threaded shank mating with said axial threaded bore in said middle bolt end portion, said middle bolt being formed with a pair of externally threaded sections each located in predetermined spaced relation to a respective end portion of said middle bolt, said supporting bolt assembly further comprising a pair of retainers having threaded bores to mate with said middle bolt externally threaded sections respectively; whereby a stairway can be readily constructed, adjusted, and partially or totally disassembled using a plurality of said prefabricated steps and a plurality of said supporting bolt assemblies by mounting each step at it's through bore at an end portion of a middle bolt of a supporting bolt assembly between a head portion of an end piece and the adjacent retainer on said middle bolt of said supporting bolt assembly.