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Abstract
A modular railing comprises a picket that may be coupled with a rail quickly and easily to allow a person to construct a railing quickly and easily. The railing comprises a rail having an interior chamber, a picket including a slot that is disposed in the interior chamber of the rail, and a locking element operable to couple the picket with the rail by causing at least one arm to protrude from the slot and positioning the arm such that the arm extends from the slot into the interior chamber. When extended into the interior chamber, the arm prevents the picket from leaving the rail's interior chamber by contacting a wall of the rail.
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- This application claims priority from commonly owned U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/375,760, filed 26 Apr. 2002 and presently pending, titled COMPOSITE GUARD OR FENCE RAILING SYSTEM, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety; and U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. ______ (attorney docket No. 1612-3-2), filed 2 Apr. 2003 and presently pending, titled COMPOSITE GUARD OR FENCE RAILING SYSTEM, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- Railings are typically used for a variety of useful reasons such as helping to prevent a ball, dog or person from leaving or entering an area. For example, a railing may be constructed across an edge of deck to help prevent a person on the deck from unintentionally falling over the deck's edge. Or, a railing may be constructed to confine a dog within a backyard of a home.
- Railings are frequently designed and constructed on site because many railings are unique to the area that they will be located in. To design and construct a railing on site, a person typically first designs the structure of the railing, which includes the attachment of pickets to one or more rails—a main structural component that links the pickets together to form the railing—and then plans the construction. Next, the person obtains the materials he thinks he will need to construct the railing, for example, ten 2×4's, 7 feet long, 50 1×1's, 4 feet long, various hardware such as nails, screws and brackets or ties. Next the person obtains the tools he thinks he will need to complete the construction, for example, a power saw and drill, a nail gun and a hammer. Finally, the person constructs the railing according to the developed plan by cutting to size the various materials and assembling them together.
- Unfortunately, designing and constructing railings on site can be expensive and time consuming. Designing a railing involves determining many issues that include the overall structure of the railing and how the components of the railing will be assembled together. This can often take as much time to accomplish as constructing the railing and thus generate significant labor costs. Furthermore, constructing the railing involves attaching many components of the designed railing together. For example, pickets are typically attached to a rail with nails, screws and/or nuts and bolts, which can be time consuming to complete, and thus generate significant labor costs. Because a significant amount of assembly involves attaching pickets to a rail, the number of pickets a railing includes can significantly affect the time spent constructing the railing.
- To address these problems, some manufacturers have developed a modular railing that typically requires less time to construct. The manufacturer develops some railing designs and then mass produces the components of the railing. To allow a person to use the manufacturer's designed railing for a variety of applications, the manufacturers design the railings to be modular—the size and/or length of the railing may be easily modified by adding or subtracting components of the railing. Thus, a significant portion of the time spent constructing a modular railing on site typically includes time spent planning the railing's assembly and then constructing the railing; not designing the railing.
- But, many of these modular railings may still require a significant amount of time to assemble on site. For example, attaching pickets of a railing to a rail of the railing may still require nails, screws, and/or nuts and bolts, and thus may still require a significant amount of labor to construct the railing.
- The present invention provides a modular railing comprising a picket that may be coupled with a rail quickly and easily to allow a person to construct a railing quickly and easily. The railing comprises a rail having an interior chamber, a picket including a slot that is disposed in the interior chamber of the rail, and a locking element operable to couple the picket with the rail by causing at least one arm to protrude from the slot and positioning the arm such that the arm extends from the slot into the interior chamber. When extended into the interior chamber, the arm prevents the picket from leaving the rail's interior chamber by contacting a wall of the rail. Thus, coupling a picket of the railing to a rail of the railing does not require more time consuming techniques such as nailing, screwing or threading a nut to a bolt. Consequently, a person can typically construct the railing more quickly and easily than a conventional railing.
- In one aspect of the invention, the railing may comprise a locking element that inserts at least one arm into the slot of a picket and positions the arm such that the arm extends from the slot into the interior chamber. In one embodiment, the locking element may include the arm and may be inserted into each picket of the railing before the slot of each picket is inserted into the interior chamber of a rail.
- In another aspect of the invention, the railing may comprise a locking bar that extends a substantial length of the rail and may be inserted into each slot of a respective many pickets. Thus, a single locking bar may couple many pickets with the rail.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a railing that incorporates a locking element to couple a picket with a rail, according to an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional view of the locking element, picket and rail in FIG. 1 prior to the locking element coupling the picket with the rail, according to an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view of the locking element, picket and rail in FIG. 1, with the locking element coupling the picket with the rail, according to an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the locking element and the picket in FIGS. 1, 2A and2B.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a railing that incorporates a locking bar to couple many pickets with a rail, according to another embodiment of the invention.
- The following discussion is presented to enable one skilled in the art to make and use the invention. Various modifications to the disclosed embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles herein may be applied to other embodiments and applications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and features disclosed herein.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a
railing 10 according to an embodiment of the invention. Therailing 10 may be mounted to any desired structure (not shown) such as a wall of a building, a post and/or a floor of a building using conventional techniques. Therailing 10 includes atop rail 12, abottom rail 14 andpickets 16 coupled with the top andbottom rails railing 10 also includes alocking element 18 to couple apicket 16 with thetop rail 12. With thelocking element 18, a person may quickly and easily couple one ormore pickets 16 with one or both of therails - Although the following discusses the coupling of a
picket 16 with thetop rail 12, eachpicket 16 may be similarly coupled to thetop rail 12 and eachpicket 16 may be similarly coupled with thebottom rail 14. Therail 12 includes aninterior chamber 20, and eachpicket 16 includes a slot 22 (two shown) that is disposed in theinterior chamber 20 when thepicket 16 is inserted into therail 12 through thehole 24. In one embodiment, the locking element 18 (discussed in greater detail in conjunction with FIGS. 2A, 2B and 3) includes an arm 26 (two shown). To couple thepicket 16 with thetop rail 12, thelocking element 18 inserts eacharm 26 into therespective slot 22 and positions thearm 26 to extend from theslot 22 into theinterior chamber 20. When at least one of thearms 26 extends into theinterior chamber 20, thelocking arm 26 prevents thepicket 16 from leaving theinterior chamber 20 by contacting therail 12. Thus, a person does not have to use conventional fastening techniques such as a nail, screw, and/or nut and bolt to construct therailing 10. Consequently, a person may construct therailing 10 quickly. - The
locking element 18 may be removably inserted into thepicket 16 as shown and discussed in greater detail in conjunction with FIG. 3.; or not. If thelocking element 18 is removably inserted into thepicket 16, then, according to one embodiment, one may couple thepickets 16 with therail 12 to construct therailing 10 as follows. First, one inserts thelocking element 18 into aninterior cavity 28 of thepicket 16 so that eacharm 26 extends through arespective slot 22. Next, one inserts thepicket 16 into theinterior chamber 20 through thehole 24 in therail 12 until thearms 26 prevent further insertion. Next, one moves eacharm 26 toward theother arm 26 to allow thepicket 18 to be further inserted into theinterior chamber 20. Next, one continues to insert thepicket 18 into theinterior chamber 18 until theslots 22 are disposed in theinterior chamber 20 and thelocking element 18 extends thearms 26 back through theslots 22. Now, when a person bumps thepicket 16 or attempts to pull thepicket 16 out of therail 12, thearm 26 contacts therail 12 to prevent thepicket 16 from leaving therail 12. - Still referring to FIG. 1, the
railing 10 may be made from any desired material using any desired manufacturing technique. For example, therails railing 10. Or, therailing 10 may be made from plastics and/or reinforced plastic composites, and formed via injection molding or pulltrusion to withstand an outdoor environment. Or, therailing 10 may be made of metal such as steel and/or aluminum to withstand substantial impacts from people, animals and/or things. - Other embodiments of the railing are contemplated. For example, the
picket 16 may include an arm that may extend into theinterior chamber 20 of therail 12, much like a barb on a fishhook extends into a fishes mouth to keep the fish on the hook. The arm may be a portion of the picket's body that extends from the body, or the arm may be attached to the picket's body. If the arm is a portion of the picket's body, the locking element may be a spring generated by the elasticity of the material of the picket's body. If the arm is attached to the picket's body, the locking element may be a spring attached to the arm and the picket's body. - Still other embodiments of the
railing 10 are contemplated. For example, therailing 10 may include a third rail between the top andbottom rails railing 10. In such an embodiment, the third rail might include two holes to allow apicket 16 to extend through the third rail, and thepicket 16 may be coupled to the third rail using the same coupling technique described herein. - FIGS. 2A and 2B are cross-sectional views of the coupling of the
picket 16 in FIG. 1 with therail 12 in FIG. 1, according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 2A shows thepicket 16 and lockingelement 18 prior to the locking element coupling thepicket 16 with therail 12. FIG. 2B shows the lockingelement 18 coupling thepicket 16 with therail 12. The lockingelement 18 inserts thearms 26 into arespective slot 22 and positions thearms 26 to extend through therespective slot 22 to prevent thepicket 16 from leaving theinterior chamber 20. Because arespective locking bar 18 may couple eachpicket 16 with therail 12, the railing 10 (FIG. 1) may include atop rail 12 and a bottom rail 14 (FIG. 1) that curve as desired. Thus, therailing 10 may form a circular corral for animals or follow the curvature of a winding footpath. - In one embodiment, the locking
element 18 may include abody 30 made of elastic material such as plastic, rubber and/or metal to allow the locking element's shape to change when pressure is exerted on the lockingelement 18 and allow the locking element's shape to return to the locking element's original shape when the pressure is removed. For example, thebody 30 may be “V” shaped and have afirst end 32 from which afirst arm 26 a extends, and asecond end 34 from which asecond arm 26 b extends. - Other embodiments of the locking
element 18 are contemplated. For example, the lockingelement 18 may include fewer than or more than twoarms element 18 may include abody 30 having a middle from which an arm extends, and two ends that contact an interior wall of the picket to allow thebody 30 to bias the arm in a position where the arm extends through theslot 22. In addition, the lockingelement 18 may include a mechanism or component to retract thearms respective slots 22. This may be desirable to facilitate removal of thepicket 16. - Still referring to FIGS. 2A and 2B, the
rail 12 may help stabilize thepicket 16 relative to therail 12 located in theinterior chamber 20. In one embodiment, therail 12 may include abottom wall 36 having twogrooves 38 to receive therespective arms top wall 40 having twogrooves 42. Each of thegrooves auxiliary wall main walls top walls picket 16 is coupled to therail 12, theauxiliary walls 44 andbottom wall 36 confine thearms auxiliary walls 46 of thetop wall 40 prevent thepicket 16 from substantially rotating in the X direction. This may be desirable to provide additional strength and rigidity to therailing 10. Furthermore, thegrooves 42 may serve the same function as thegrooves 38 when therail 12 is used as a bottom rail 14 (FIG. 1). - Other embodiments of the
rail 12 are contemplated. For example, therail 12 may include abottom wall 36 without a groove into which thearms element 18 couples thepicket 16 with therail 12. Furthermore, the cross-sectional shape of therail 12 may be any shape desired, such as a rectangle or oval. - As shown in FIG. 2A, in one embodiment, when the
picket 16 is located in theinterior chamber 20 but before the lockingelement 18 couples thepicket 16 with therail 12, themain wall 48 of thebottom wall 36 prevents thearms 26 a and 24 b from extending through therespective slots 22 in thepicket 16. Then, as shown in FIG. 2B, in one embodiment, when thepicket 16 is further inserted into theinterior chamber 20, thearms main wall 48, and thebody 30 may move eacharm longitudinal axis 52 of thepicket 16. Thus, thebody 30 may position eacharm respective slot 22. Once extended through theslots 22, thearms picket 16 from leaving theinterior chamber 20 by contacting themain wall 48. - FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a locking
element 18 and apicket 16 in FIGS. 1, 2A and 2B. The lockingelement 18 includes the elasticallybendable body 30 and is shown in the locking element's original shape, i.e., without any pressure exerted on thebody 30 to move thearms - In one embodiment, the original shape may position the
arms end 32 to end 34, that is greater than the outside diameter of thepicket 16. Thus, when thearms respective slot 26, thebody 30 continues to urge thearms arms slot 26. - To insert the locking
element 18 into theinterior cavity 28 of thepicket 16, one first moves thearms arms interior cavity 28. Once thearms interior cavity 28, one moves the lockingelement 18 to align eacharm respective slot 22. Once these are aligned, thebody 30 inserts eacharm respective slot 22. - FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a
railing 54 that incorporates a lockingbar 56, according to another embodiment of the invention. To couple thepickets 16 with therail 12, the lockingbar 56 extends through aslot 58 to prevent thepicket 16 from leaving theinterior chamber 20 of therail 12 by contacting therail 12. Even though therailing 54 includes two lockingbars 56, therailing 54 may include one or more than two lockingbars 56, and thepickets 16 may be appropriately modified to accommodate the number of locking bars 56. Thus, a person does not have to use conventional fastening techniques such as a nail, screw, and/or nut and bolt to construct therailing 54. Furthermore, with the lockingbar 56, a person may couple more than onepicket 16 with therail 12. Consequently, a person may construct therailing 54 quickly. - To help keep the locking
bar 56 extending through theslots 58 of thepickets 16 after eachpicket 16 has been coupled with therail 12, therail 12 includes a bar-retention element 60. In one embodiment, the lockingbar 56 may be rectangularly shaped, and the bar-retention element 60 may include agroove 62 that receives the lockingbar 56 and may be formed from anauxiliary wall 64 protruding from amain wall 66 of thebottom wall 68. Themain wall 66 of thegroove 62 may prevent thepicket 16 from leaving theinterior chamber 20 by contacting the lockingbar 56 and theauxiliary wall 64 of thegroove 62 may prevent the lockingbar 56 from substantially rotating relative to thepicket 16 when the lockingbar 56 contacts themain wall 66. - Other embodiments of the locking
bar 56 and bar-retention element 60 are contemplated. For example, the lockingbar 56 may have an “L” shaped cross-section and the bar-retention element 60 may be a lip protruding from a wall of the rail. Or, the lockingbar 56 may include a series of hooks protruding from a body and insertable into a slot of arespective picket 16. - Still referring to FIG. 4, the
pickets 16 may be hollow and include aninterior cavity 28 or they may be solid. Asolid picket 16 may be desirable when therailing 54 is expected to withstand substantial impacts against thepicket 16. With asolid picket 16, theslot 58 includes a wall (not shown) defining the perimeter (not shown) of theslot 58 and thus thepicket 16 is better able to resist pressure exerted by the lockingbar 56 without permanently deforming or failing. Thus asolid picket 16 adds structural stiffness and durability to therailing 54. Ahollow picket 16 may be desirable when the weight of thepicket 16 is a concern and/or therailing 54 is not expected to withstand substantial impacts against thepicket 16. In one embodiment, therailing 54 may includehollow pickets 16 and aplug 70 disposed in each of the picket'sinterior cavity 28 to allow eachpicket 16 to obtain some of the solid picket's benefits. To allow the lockingbar 56 to extend through theslot 58 of thepicket 16 as designed, theplug 70 may include aslot 72 that receives a portion of the lockingbar 56. - Still referring to FIG. 4, the
rail 12 may help stabilize thepicket 16 relative to therail 12. In one embodiment, therail 12 may include atop wall 74 having twogrooves 76. Thegrooves 76 may be formed by anauxiliary wall 78 protruding from amain wall 80. As discussed in conjunction with FIGS. 2A and 2B, theauxiliary wall 78 may prevent thepicket 16 from rotating in the X direction. This may be desirable to provide additional strength and rigidity to therailing 54. Furthermore eachgroove 76 may form an upper bar-retention element similar to the bar-retention element 60 and that may be used in conjunction with the bar-retention element 60 or when therail 12 is used as a bottom rail 14 (FIG. 1) or a middle rail (not shown). - In one embodiment, to couple the
pickets 16 with therail 12, one first inserts eachpicket 16 into theinterior chamber 20 of therail 12 such that aslot 58 of eachpicket 16 is disposed within theinterior chamber 20 and aligned with agroove 62. Next, one inserts the lockingbar 56 into thegroove 62 and moves thebar 56 toward apicket 16 to insert a portion of thebar 56 into theslot 58 of thepicket 16. Then, one continues to move thebar 56 toward thenext picket 16 to insert a portion of thebar 56 into theslot 58 of thenext picket 16.
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1. A railing comprising:
a rail having an interior chamber;
a picket including a slot disposed in the interior chamber of the rail; and
a locking element operable to couple the picket with the rail by causing at least one arm to protrude from the slot and positioning the arm such that the arm extends from the slot into the interior chamber of the rail.
2. The railing of claim 1 wherein the locking element is operable to remove the arm from the slot to release the picket from the rail.
3. The railing of claim 1 wherein the arm contacts a wall of the rail to prevent the slot of the picket from leaving the interior chamber of the rail.
4. The railing of claim 1 wherein:
the picket includes a longitudinal axis, and
the locking element moves the arm away from the longitudinal axis to insert the arm into the slot of the picket.
5. The railing of claim 1 wherein the picket has an interior cavity and the locking element is disposed in the interior cavity.
6. The railing of claim 5 wherein the locking element is removable from the interior cavity.
7. The railing of claim 1 wherein the arm extends from an end of the locking element.
8. The railing of claim 1 wherein the locking element includes an elastically bendable body operable to urge the arm into the slot of the picket when the arm is aligned with the slot.
9. The railing of claim 1 wherein:
the picket includes a first slot and a second slot, each disposed in the interior chamber of the rail, and
the locking element includes a first end from which a first arm extends and a second end from which a second arm extends, wherein the locking element is operable to insert the first arm into the first slot and position the first arm such that the first arm extends through the first slot, and wherein the locking element is operable to insert the second arm into the second slot and position the second arm such that the second arm extends through the second slot.
10. The railing of claim 1 wherein the locking element includes a “V” shaped body.
11. A railing comprising:
a rail having an interior chamber;
a picket including a slot that is disposed in the interior chamber of the rail; and
a locking bar operable to couple the picket with the rail by extending through the slot of the picket to prevent the picket from leaving the interior chamber of the rail.
12. The railing of claim 11 wherein the locking bar releasably couples the picket with the rail.
13. The railing of claim 11 wherein the locking bar contacts a wall of the rail to prevent the slot of the picket from leaving the interior chamber of the rail.
14. The railing of claim 11 wherein the rail includes a bar-retention element operable to keep the locking bar extending through the slot of the picket.
15. The railing of claim 14 wherein the bar-retention element includes an auxiliary wall operable to prevent rotation of the locking bar relative to the picket.
16. The railing of claim 15 wherein the auxiliary wall protrudes from a main wall of a bottom wall of the rail.
17. The railing of claim 11 wherein the locking bar has a rectangular shape.
18. The railing of claim 11 wherein:
the picket includes a first slot and a second slot, each disposed in the interior chamber of the rail, and
the railing includes a first locking bar insertable into the first slot and a second locking bar insertable into the second slot.
19. The railing of claim 11 further comprising a plug operable to structurally stiffen the portion of the picket disposed in the interior chamber of the rail.
20. A method for coupling a picket with a rail comprising:
inserting a picket into an interior chamber of a rail to locate a slot of the picket within the interior chamber;
causing at least one arm to protrude from the slot;
positioning the arm such that the arm extends from the slot into the interior chamber; and
preventing the slot from leaving the interior chamber by contacting the rail with the arm.
21. The method of claim 20 wherein causing the arm to protrude from the slot includes inserting, with a locking element, the arm into the slot when the arm is aligned with the slot.
22. The method of claim 20 wherein positioning the arm includes urging, with a body of a locking element, the arm away from a longitudinal axis of the picket.
23. The method of claim 20 further comprising:
causing a second arm to protrude from a second slot of the picket that is also located within the interior chamber of the rail;
positioning the second arm such that the second arm extends through the second slot; and
preventing the second slot from leaving the interior chamber by contacting the rail with the second arm.
24. A method for coupling a picket with a rail comprising:
inserting a picket into an interior chamber of a rail to locate a slot of the picket within the interior chamber;
inserting a locking bar into the slot;
positioning the locking bar such that the locking bar extends through the slot; and
preventing the slot from leaving the interior chamber by contacting the rail with the locking bar.
25. The method of claim 24 wherein inserting the locking bar into the slot includes moving the locking bar along a wall of the rail.
26. The method of claim 24 wherein positioning the locking bar includes preventing rotation of the locking bar relative to the picket with an auxiliary wall of the rail.
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