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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7870695 | Support apparatus and method for assisted traversal of a structure Embodiments of the invention relate to an apparatus for assisted walking on stairs or other sloped surfaces. The apparatus may also be used for assisted walking on slippery surfaces. The apparatus comprises a fixed support and a moveable support. The fixed support i... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7377080 | Stowable spiral staircase system for overhead space access A staircase system (2) includes a rail element (40) and multiple stair elements (42). Baluster elements (44) are coupled to the rail element (40) and to the stair elements (42). A center support system (46) is coupled... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7353639 | Recreational vehicle portable deck The present invention is a free standing portable deck for use with recreational vehicles. The deck further comprises a polygonal shape lower support frame. The support frame further comprises a plurality of removably interconnected rails. A flat planar platform por... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7171793 | Means and method for rigidly elevating a structure A means and method for rigidly elevating a structure includes a base member securable in the ground and which has a portion extending above the ground. A pole section, having a bore inside a lower end, and an upper end, can be stacked upon the base means upwardly by... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165362 | Glass support member A monolithic glass member for supporting loads is disclosed. The glass member includes a plurality of glass sheets that are laminated together with one or more bonding layers. One of the glass sheets has a cut out at an edge thereof to receive a connector. The conne... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159363 | Stairway and rail system A stairway and rail system. The stairway system includes a plurality of spaced apart treads; at least one baluster per tread; a two-piece handrail assembly; and a lateral support for supporting the handrail. In the preferred embodiment, the handrail assembly include... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150129 | Modular step system for pools A modular step system for in-ground swimming comprising a bottom central hub, a brace assembly, a top central hub, a tread support assembly, a step form and a liner. The components of the modular step system interlock and snap together without fasteners. Also, the c... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7107724 | Interchangeable stadium seating and entertainment stage A method and apparatus is used to interchange certain seating areas within a sports stadium or arena with an entertainment stage on a temporary basis to support an alternate use of the facility such as for a religious event, civic gathering, or musical concert. Loss... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104742 | Straight-aligning rail system A system for aligning and fastening two sections of stair hand rail or a fitting to a stair hand rail, comprising a bolt having screw threads at a first end for fastening the bolt to the fitting and having machine threads at a second end for aligning and fastening t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7082725 | Threshold tray and clip system In recent decades within the building industry, there has been a trend toward mass production of building components. The trend has included every part of structures except for the concrete slab the building is built on. The “Threshold Tray and Clip System” uses... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082735 | Baluster, balustrade, and method therefor A baluster, balustrade, and method for constructing the same are provided. The balustrade includes a rail supported by one or more balusters, each baluster extending from a support surface such as one or more treads of stairs. Each baluster has an elongate member ha... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7047698 | Exterior step system made from masonry units attached via a metal frame A step system made up of masonry panels of various sizes pre-formed to resemble natural stone or brick on the outside. These panels have bolts or other securing devices embedded in them at precise locations at the time of their manufacture. These securing devises al... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7047699 | Sandwich plate stepped risers A two-tired seating riser for a sports stadium comprises upper and lower metal plates bonded together by a solid elastomer core. The elastomer core has different thicknesses in the treads and rises. The lower tread has a lip portion in which the metal plates are fla... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7032355 | Child's handrail A child's handrail assembly is mounted beneath another handrail and comprises three 6″ dual pull-lock extension rods; a plurality of durable lightweight 1″ diameter rods, which can be adjusted to fit any size handrail and connected together by an interlocking co... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6904724 | Piling based pool system and method A piling based pool system uses standard pilings, which are either pre-cast concrete, wood, or steel, etc., which pilings are drilled or driven into the ground in standard fashion with appropriate beams interconnecting the pilings. Some of the pilings are used to su... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6826875 | Temporary stairway rail and baluster support A temporary stairway rail support for erecting a temporary stairway rail for use and safety during the construction phase of the building, the temporary stairway rail support having planar base member in contact with a portion of the stair tread, an L-shaped open st... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6739100 | Retractable in house open stairwell cover A stairwell cover adapted to seal a stairwell opening such as between a first floor living space and a basement when the basement is not in use includes a housing mounted to a wall partition above the base of the stairs, a retractable cover rotatably mounted in the ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6715242 | Stairway and rail system A stairway and rail system. The stairway system includes a plurality of spaced apart treads; at least one baluster per tread; a two-piece handrail assembly; and a lateral support for supporting the handrail. In the preferred embodiment, the handrail assembly include... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6698142 | Netting system for use with bleachers and grandstands The present invention is a netting system (10) for use with bleachers and grandstands (11) to prevent children, persons, and debris from falling to the ground. A first end (12a) of a net (12) is operatively connected to a cable (18) proximate an attachmen... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6655098 | Stair module support and leveling system An improvement to a stair module support system includes a flexible engagement between a post and a channel attached to the underside of a stair module. The flexible engagement enables the stair module support system to be assembled and placed into a stor... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6609703 | Spindle clamp supplemental stair rail support A spindle clamp supports a supplemental or kiddie stair rail by clamping onto mutually adjacent stair rail support spindles. In one embodiment, the clamp holds a conventional stair rail support bracket. A kit of parts includes a plurality of such spindle ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6606827 | Lit-up marking device for steps and grandstands This device has a principal section (1) and an auxiliary section (6) with means of attachment and detachment under pressure. The auxiliary section (6) has guides (61) for fitting an advertising support (7). The section (1) defines two wings (11 and 12), a... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6574925 | Emergency stairwell for multistory buildings An emergency stairwell for a building having multiple floors comprising: at least one landing associated with each the floor, each landing increasing in width in at least one horizontal direction from an uppermost landing of an upper floor to a lowermost ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6516574 | Modular stairway system, method for erecting stairway and kit therefor The present staircase includes a permanent framing made of metallic stringers, one of which being typically secured to a half-timbering. vertically extending step supports are secured along the stringers and each include upper and front flanges adapted to... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6484450 | Demountable indoor/outdoor seating system components A demountable indoor/outdoor arena seating system includes a plurality of seat groups in seating modules. The seat group modules are supported by a plurality of floor board deck members of joined planks, wherein the deck members have attachment extensions... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6453627 | Skirt assembly for manufactured housing units A skirt assembly system for use on a mobile home. The skirt assembly system includes a plurality of telescoping studs. The skirt assembly system also includes a plurality of tracks wherein the stud are secured within the tracks with an edged of the stud f... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6408577 | Steps for swimming pool These steps for a swimming pool are noteworthy in that they possess, projecting from the inside of the recessed front face (1a), at least one solid part (1d) that acts as a backing or support produced directly by a process of injection moulding a plastics... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6397529 | Adjustable modular staircase The adjustable modular staircase includes two stringers for rigid attachment to a building structure in parallel, opposed relationship to each other, a plurality of axially parallel pins protrude out of each of the stringers and are spaced equidistant apa... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6345475 | Stair guard Pivotably mounted barriers extending across a portion of and staggered in an alternating manner from opposite sides and spaced apart as to permit directed travel up or down stairs or staircase. Barriers extend across staircase to the extent that in additi... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6315077 | Insert forming hole to receive manhole step A frangible insert that is inserted in a pre-positioned bushing in the wall of a manhole form from the convex, easily reached side of the inner form wall. A key in the insert is received in a keyway in the bushing in the form wall so that the insert is pr... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6290212 | Pre-manufactured stair balustrade product and method A balustrade which features premade gallery, rake and starting newels and rail sections, and the process for installing the balustrade using the newel of this invention. The newel is a tubular member having an insert disposed at the lower end thereof, and... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6209854 | Suspended stair railing for children A children's handrail assembly consists of four equally spaced connector brackets having three sections of plastic tubing interconnected therebetween. The connector brackets are secured to a standard handrail by means of cable ties which pass through aper... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6205722 | Molded plastic stairway and rail structure and method of assembly A stairway (10) is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 in one embodiment of the invention in which a pair of side support panels (12, 14) are formed of a hollow plastic material. Side support panels (12, 14) have closed end columns (24, 26, 28) extending from an outer... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6125598 | Modular traditional staircase A modular stairway assembled from a stringer having a relatively planar, flat top, an initial step module fixed adjacent a lower end of the stringer, and several intermediate step modules attached to the stringer. The initial step module includes an upper... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6088976 | Removable non-skid step pad The removable non-skid pad covers a portion of a corresponding step of an exterior stair or staircase so as to allow people to use it more safely. The pad comprises a main section to be disposed on the upper horizontal portion of the step, a preformed sub... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088977 | Method and apparatus for making stairs A bracket for use in manufacturing a step supported by a stringer. The bracket includes an anchor block to which a tread for a step may be attached, a pair of frames flanking the anchor block and fixed thereto, and markings formed on at least one of the f... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5941030 | Step support brace for a swimming pool A step support brace especially for a swimming pool stair assembly includes vertically extending positioning posts that extend from the top of each horizontal riser portion of the brace associated with a stair tread some or all of which are slidably posit... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5924249 | Stairway step assembly A stairway step assembly for use as an aid in climbing a stairway. The assembly is particularly useful to elderly and handicapped users who have difficulty climbing a standard stairway due to the height or rise of the steps thereof. The assembly provides ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5916098 | Swimming pool steps A replacement pool step for installation into the interior corner of a swimming pool is disclosed. The pool step is installed such that the vinyl liner of the pool does not cover the pool step but rather is installed in such a manner that it is sealed to ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5853166 | Handrail assembly for children A handrail assembly which may be mounted on an existing handrail and used to aid children in ascending or descending a set of stairs. The handrail assembly includes a plurality of clamping devices which may be removably mounted on an existing handrail and... | 12/29/1998 |
