Fences – Rail
Reexamination Certificate
1999-01-14
2001-01-23
Browne, Lynne H. (Department: 3629)
Fences
Rail
C256S068000, C256S069000, C403S312000, C403S311000, C403S310000, C403S286000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06176472
ABSTRACT:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application corresponds to French application 98 00470 of Jan. 14, 1998, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of building and building equipment, particularly safety and protection devices in the form of elongated structures for example along a wall of a staircase or a corridor, and has for its object a connecting and covering element for a joint, as well as a handrail, ramp, protective bar or the like comprising at least one such element.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Handrails, protective wall bars or the like consist generally of one or several elongated members rigidly connected to a wall or such support with regard to each other so as to constitute an elongated structure which can be continuous or not.
To make a continuous structure of great length, it is generally necessary, for reasons of stability and cost, to assemble in a contiguous manner several portions or elongated segments, which gives rise to forming mechanically weak and aesthetically lacking joint regions, as well as the multiplication of anchoring points to the wall or similar support.
A supplemental difficulty arises when the portions or segments comprising the body of the handrail or protective bar are made of a material adapted to deform with time and/or subject to deformations induced by external factors (water, heat, cold, . . . ), such as for example wood or similar “living” material.
The problems set forth above have not until now found a satisfactory solution both as to the aesthetic point of view and as to the mechanical point of view and as to the cost point of view.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has particularly for its object to overcome the mentioned drawbacks.
To this end, it has for its object a connecting and covering element for a joint between two contiguous aligned portions of an elongated structure, such as a handrail, a ramp, a protective bar or the like, particularly of wood, characterized in that it is principally constituted by a hollow body in the form of a sleeve which can surround adjustably the adjacent or neighboring ends of the two portions in question, the sleeve being longitudinally slotted, comprising a flat longitudinal wall portion provided with a cutout for the reception by nesting, at least partially, of a securement plate, and comprising openings for the passage of securement means permitting securing said element to each end of the contiguous portion.
The invention also relates to a handrail, ramp, protective bar or elongated structure of analogous shape, constituted by several contiguous aligned portions, characterized in that the adjacent ends of two contiguous portions are surrounded and interconnected by connection and covering elements such as described above and in that said contiguous portions are fixed rigidly to the wall or like support in question, by means of securement plates distributed along said handrail, ramp, protective bar or the like.
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Browne Lynne H.
Buregr et Cie (Societe Anonyme)
Garcia Ernesto
Young & Thompson
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