A railing assembly includes a bottom rail and a top rail extending parallel thereto and spaced apart therefrom. Both rails include a beam defining through-holes and corresponding pocket-holes located opposite from the other rail to define ledges facing away from the other rail. A plurality of balusters of light-transmissive material each extend between the bottom rail and the top rail, through a corresponding through-hole and pocket-hole in each railing. Retaining rings are disposed around each of the balusters within each of the pocket-holes for engaging the ledges and thereby holding the balusters to each rail. Each rail may include a plate of light-transmissive material extending in a plane adjacent the beam and configured to project light along a length thereof. One or more illumination sources are disposed in the top rail and/or the bottom rail to direct light into the balusters and/or the plate(s) to provide options for multiple illumination effects.

The present disclosure concerns a handrail-mounting bracket assembly for mounting a first handrail element to a second handrail element or a support structure, the bracket assembly comprising: a first handrail-mounting subassembly including a first handrail-mounting member and a first connecting member; a second handrail-mounting subassembly including a second handrail-mounting member and a second connecting member; the bracket assembly being selectively configurable in an engagement configuration in which the first and second handrail-mounting members are at least partially insertable into a bracket-engaging opening of the first handrail element, and in a mounting configuration wherein the first and second handrail-mounting members at least partially form together a handrail-mounting end portion and are locked with the first handrail element so as to prevent removal of the bracket assembly from the bracket-engaging opening once inserted therein. It also concerns a corresponding method for removably mounting a multi-pieced handrail-mounting bracket to a handrail element.

An anchor for a cable or rod includes a ferrule or other spring stop, to which one or more springs or arms are coupled. The spring stop may be attached to an end or other region of the cable to enable the cable to be tensioned against a support structure. The one or more springs or arms may be, for example, one or more coil springs, one or more conical coil springs, two or more cantilever springs, or one more arms. The anchor is twisted or pushed through a hole in the support structure from a first side to a second side and contacts the surface of the second side. A ferrule spring stop may be swaged to the cable or rod.

The object of the invention is a rail structure and a balcony, which comprise two or more rail sections (5, 6) at an angle with respect to each other, at least some of which rail sections (5, 6) comprise a top profile (5a, 6a) a bottom profile (5b, 6b) and a wall section (7) connecting them, which wall section is fastened at its bottom edge to the bottom profile (5b, 6b) and at its top edge to the top profile (5a, 6a). At least some of the rail sections (5, 6) are arranged to transmit a load exerted on themselves to the bottom profile of the rail section next to themselves via the wall section (7) of the rail section next to themselves.

A panel assembly includes two frame members and a plurality of panels extending between the frame members. Each panel has fastening elements at either end. The fastening elements are arranged to clip onto mating portions of the frame members, and are also arranged to frictionally engage internal surfaces of the panels to thereby hold the panels relative to the frame members.

An improved base shoe for use with panel installation removal systems. The improved base shoe includes dovetail grooves for use with a safety-seal and a weather seal, wherein the safety-seal and weather seal must be installed prior to installing a glass panel. The improved base shoe features a recess for use with taper plates having a continuous projection along an upper surface. The base shoe and taper plates are configured so as to provide a prying surface between the projection on the taper plates and a wall of the base shoe.

The present invention discloses a fully-assembled staircase system and an assembly method. The fully-assembled staircase system includes a stair slab, stair steps, stair stringers, landing slabs, steel connectors, and a stair handrail, where a main body of the stair slab is an inclined flat plate structure, lap joints are disposed at an upper end and a lower end of the stair slab LTB, an outer edge of an upper surface of the lap joint is provided with first grooves, one side of the landing slab PB is provided with second grooves, the stair stringer is an inverted T-shaped structure, a top surface of a web of the stair stringer is provided with third grooves, two flanges of the stair stringer are respectively fixedly lapped with the stair slab and the landing slab, the first groove, the third groove, and the second groove after the lapping jointly form a steel-connector groove.

A wood post bracket used for securing a post mount to a rim joist and a mounting blocks of a substructure of a deck's wood framing system includes a hollow sleeve defining an open rectangular passage, the open rectangular passage having four walls, a planar base forming a first wall of the four walls and a mounting plate forming a second wall of the four walls that is positioned opposite the first wall, such that the hollow sleeve is positioned between the planar base and the mounting plate and the planar base and the mounting plate are oriented parallel to each other.

A railing panel includes a top rail and a bottom rail disposed spaced apart from the top rail. A plurality of slats are disposed between and run parallel to the top rail and the bottom rail. A midspan support rail defines a plurality of through holes, with each through hole receiving a slat therethrough. A length adapter includes an upright end rail that defines a plurality of apertures, and an upper insertable portion that is disposed at a first end of the upright end rail. The length adapter also includes a lower insertable portion that is disposed at a second end of the upright end rail opposite the first end, and each of the plurality of apertures is sized and shaped to receive an end of each of the plurality of slats. A plurality of inserts are coupled to the upright end rail, with each insert disposed proximate a respective aperture of the plurality of apertures, each insert configured to be received by a respective slat.

Apparatus, systems, and methods for securing anchoring posts to a decking surface without the use of a metal plate or washer to redirect force from a single central fastener on an internally mounted anchor, or the use of an externally visible connector. An anchor member having a generally planar upper surface and vertical sidewalls has connection ridges extending out from those sidewalls that correspond to channels formed in the internal sidewalls of a hollow post member. Using a press, the anchor member is pressed into a secured position in the post. A plurality of attachment holes are disposed in a pattern around the anchor member, passing through the body thereof. For installation, a post with the fitted anchor is placed on a decking surface and a plurality of screws are attached to the decking surface to secure the anchor member and post thereto.