Components for constructing signs, railings and the like

Claim 1

A RAILING STRUCTURE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A SUPPORT POST; FASTENING MEANS; A PAIR OF HOLLOW TOP RAILINGS; A TOP RAILING CONNECTING MEMBER CONNECTING SAID PAIR OF TOP RAILINGS TO THE TOP OF SAID SUPPORT POST TO FORM A CONTINUOUS RAILING, SAID TOP RAILING CONNECTING MEMBER COMPRISING A CENTRAL PORTION HAVING A HOLLOW MEMBER INTEGRALLY FORMED THEREWITH ON THE UNDERSIDE THEREOF, SAID HOLLOW MEMBER HAVING AN INTERIOR WHICH IS SLIGHTLY LARGER IN SIZE THAN THE CROSS-SECTION OF SAID SUPPORT POST, THE TOP OF SAID SUPPORT POST BEING RECEIVED THEREIN AND SAID HOLLOW MEMBER AND SAID SUPPORT POST HAVING APERTURES FORMED THEREIN AND CORRESPONDINGLY POSITIONED TO RECEIVE FASTENING MEANS FOR SECURING SAID TOP RAILING CONNECTING MEMBER TO THE TOP OF SAID SUPPORT POST; FLANGE PORTIONS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY AT AN ANGLE OF 180* TO ONE ANOTHER FROM SAID CENTRAL PORTION AND BEING RECESSED TO FORM SHOULDERS AGAINST WHICH THE END EDGES OF RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID PAIR OF TOP RAILINGS ABUT, SAID PAIR OF TOP RAILINGS AND SAID CENTRAL PORTION BEING CORRESPONDINGLY SPACED, SAID FLANGE PORTIONS BEING INSERTED WITHIN SAID HOLLOW TOP RAILINGS AND FORMING SUPPORT SURFACES UPON WHICH SAID TOP RAILINGS SEAT TO FORM AND MAINTAIN FLUSH JOINTS BETWEEN SAID TOP RAILINGS AND SAID CENTRAL PORTIONS WHEN THE EDGES OF SAID TOP RAILINGS ARE ABUTTED AGAINST SAID SHOULDERS; A SMALLER RECTANGULAR-SHAPED SECURING TAB EXTENDING CENTRALLY FROM EACH OF SAID FLANGE PORTIONS, SAID SECURING TABS AND SAID PAIR OF TOP RAILINGS HAVING APERTURES FORMED THEREIN FOR RECEIVING SAID FASTENING MEANS FOR FIXEDLY SECURING SAID TOP RAILINGS TO SAID TOP RAILING CONNECTING MEMBER, SAID APERTURES IN SAID PAIR OF TOP RAILINGS BEING FORMED IN THE UNDERSIDE THEREOF SO THAT SAID FASTENING MEANS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY HIDDEN.