rnamental railing

Claim 2

The ornamental railing of claim 4, wherein said structural receiving means is provided with upstanding portions, upper ends of which are overlain by spaced apart laterally overlying portions of said bracket means, and wherein the means rigidly connecting the channel member and structural receiving means comprises fastener members.

Claim 3

The ornamental railing of claim 4, wherein said structural receiving means is of generally U-shaped cross-sectional configuration.

Claim 4

The ornamental railing of claim 5, wherein said upstanding portions have upper inner spaced apart surfaces spaced from the therebetween received channel members and lower inner spaced apart surfaces more closely adjacent the therebetween received channel member.

Claim 5

The ornamental railing of claim 5, wherein said structural receiving means is of generally U-shaped cross-sectional configuration, wherein said upstanding portions have upper inner spaced apart surfaces spaced from the therebetween received channel member and lower inner spaced apart surfaces more closely adjacent the therebetween received channel member, and including an adhesive in bonded relation between a slot of said channel member and said glass panels.

Claim 6

The ornamental railing of claim 6, wherein the upper ends of said upstanding portions have sloped upper surfaces and wherein the overlying portions of said bracket means include sloped surfaces disposed thereagainst.

Claim 7

An ornamental railing comprising a continuous handrail, railing mounting means for connecting said handrail to a building structure and handrail supporting means connecting said mounting means and said handrails comprising a plurality of aligned glass panels, said glass panels supporting said handrail means, and bracket means rigidly affixed to the building structure retaining said glass panels in substantially rigid spaced relation to said building structure, wherein the bracket means comprises a channel member rigidly affixed to said building structure, said channel member being a member having a channel therein and being disposed with the channel along the lower edges of the glass panels with portions of the channel member extending up along lower opposite sides of the glass panels.

Claim 8

The railinG of claim 10, wherein a structural receiving means is provided, carried by the building structure, and in which the channel member is received, including means rigidly connecting the channel member and structural receiving means, and wherein said structural receiving means is provided with up-standing portions, upper ends of which are overlain by spaced-apart laterally overlying portions of said bracket means, and wherein the means rigidly connecting the channel member and structural receiving means comprise fastener members.

Claim 9

The railing of claim 11, wherein the upper ends of said up-standing portions have sloped upper surfaces and wherein the overlying portions of said bracket means include sloped surfaces disposed thereagainst.