Ornamental railing structures

Claim 1

IN AN ORNAMENTAL RAILING STRUCTURE, ORNAMENTAL RAIL MEANS CONSTRUCTED FROM A METAL EXTRUSION HAVING A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION, ORNAMENTAL POST MEANS CONSTRUCTED FROM A METAL EXTRUSION HAVING A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION, MEANS FOR RIGIDLY CONNECTING SAID RAIL MEANS TO SAID POST MEANS IN SPACED ANGULAR RELATIONSHIP THERETO INCLUDING (1) A SADDLE MEMBER HAVING A TOP SURFACE THEREOF COMPLEMENTALLY CONFIGURED TO THE OUTER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE OF SAID METAL EXTRUSION, AND HAVING A BORED OPENING FORMED THEREIN EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE SURFACE THEREOF TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE SURFACE THEREOF AND INTERSECTING A VERTICAL PLANE PASSING THROUGH THE AXIS OF SAID RAIL MEANS; (2) CONCEALED INTERCONNECTING MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID RAIL MEANS AND SAID SADDLE MEMBER ADAPTED TO RIGIDLY JOIN THE RAIL MEANS AND SADDLE MEMBER; (3) A SPACING CONNECTOR DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID POST MEANS AND SAID SADDLE MEMBER AND HAVING A BORE FORMED THEREIN, SAID BORE BEING DISPOSED IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID OPENING; (4) A CAP CONNECTOR COVERING THE OUTER END OF SAID OPENING AND HAVING A THREADED OPENING IN ONE SURFACE THEREOF, SAID OPENING BEING IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE OPENING IN SAID SADDLE MEMBER; AND, (5) CONCEALED MEANS FOR INTERCONNECTING SAID POST MEANS, SPACING CONNECTOR, SADDLE MEMBER AND CAP CONNECTOR INCLUDING (A) TOGGLE MEANS DISPOSED PARTLY WITHIN SAID POST MEANS AND PARTLY WITHIN THE BORE OF SAID SPACING CONNECTOR, (B) INTERNALLY THREADED BOLT MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN THE BORE OF SAID SPACING CONNECTOR AND CONNECTED TO SAID TOGGLE MEANS, AND, (C) DOUBLE HEADED SCREW MEANS DISPOSED THROUGH THE OPENING IN SAID SADDLE MEMBER IN THREADED ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID BOLT MEANS AND SAID CAP CONNECTOR.