Connector assembly for handrail installation
US6736373B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 20, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 18, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/32926
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A connector assembly for a handrail installation comprises two connector components one of which locates within the bore of an end of a tubular member of the handrail installation and the other of which connects to a second member of the handrail installation, each connector component comprising a head portion and a location portion and the head portions of the two handrail connector components being provided with apertures to receive a retention means for holding the two connector components in interconnected relationship, said apertures and the retention means each having a major axis thereof extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said bore of the end of a tubular member of the handrail installation whereby, during construction of a handrail installation, the retention means may act as a pivot to allow the two connector components to pivot one relative to the other about an axis substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal direction, a first of said connector components providing a fixed location of the retention means relative to said first of the two components and a second of said components having an aperture which is of elongate form in a …
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