Railing system

• US 20170370108A1
• Filed: 12/15/2015
• Published: 12/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Q-Railing Europe GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Q-Railing Europe GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Groeneweg, Frans
• Granted Patent: US 10,557,270 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 11/18 Balustrades; Handrails guard-rails on ships B63B; for bridges E01D19/10; for roads E01F13/00, E01F15/00; fences E04H17/00 ; safety measures for persons during the construction of buildings E04G21/32
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 11/1836 Handrails of balustrades; Connections between handrail members
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 11/1851 Filling panels, e.g. concrete, sheet metal panels
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 11/1853 Glass panels
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 2011/1868 Miscellaneous features of handrails not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 9/06 Structures arranged in or forming part of buildings
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 5/12 against air pressure, explosion, or gas
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 403/10 Readily disengageable panel joints
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/54 Flexible member is joint component

Abstract

In a railing system comprising a railing panel frontage which extends continuously along the course of the railing and consists of a plurality of mutually adjacent railing panels, in order to increase an additional resistance and security against destruction, an additional securing element, which, given a properly erected railing, extends between a handrail profile, resting on the railing panels, and a structural body or a holding profile disposed on the structural body and connects the handrail profile to the structural body or the holding profile, is provided.

Claims

1. A railing system, which, given a properly erected railing, comprises a railing panel frontage which extends continuously along the course of the railing and comprises a plurality of mutually adjacent railing panels, which, given a properly erected railing, are vertically embedded with their lower marginal region in a holding profile fastened to a structural body or in a recess defined in a structural body, and on the upper marginal region of which is mounted a handrail profile, wherein a securing element, which, given a properly erected railing, extends between the handrail profile and the structural body or the holding profile and which connects the handrail profile to the structural body or the holding profile, is provided.

2. The railing system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the securing element is formed by a cable or a rod or a tube.

3. The railing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein, for the connection of the securing element to the handrail profile, the securing element, given a properly erected railing, engages positively in the handrail profile.

4. The railing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein that end of the securing element which is facing toward the structural body or the holding profile, given a properly erected railing, is anchored directly in the structural body or in the holding profile.

5. The railing system as claimed in claim 4, wherein that end of the securing element which is facing toward the holding profile, given a properly erected railing, is operatively connected to the holding profile via a securing anchor engaging in the holding profile.

6. The railing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein on the holding profile is provided an anchoring point, at which, for the purpose of positive engagement of a securing anchor in the holding profile, an undercut acting in the direction of load is formed in a material region of the holding profile.

7. The railing system as claimed in claim 6, wherein, as the anchoring point for the securing anchor, a passage opening is provided through a material portion forming the holding profile.

8. The railing system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the passage opening is provided in the lower, horizontal branch of the holding profile facing toward the structural body given a correctly erected railing.

9. The railing system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the securing anchor comprises an anchor bridge, which is capable of wedging within the holding profile or the recess defined in the structural body, in the direction of load of the securing element.

10. The railing system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the anchor bridge is configured such that, in a first orientation, it can be introduced into the holding profile or the recess defined in the structural body and, in a second orientation, within the holding profile or the recess defined in the structural body, back-grips at least on one side a material portion, acting in the direction of load, of the holding profile or of the recess defined in the structural body.

11. The railing system as claimed in claim 10, wherein a centering element, by means of which the securing element is held centered in a gap existing between two adjacent railing panels, is provided.

12. The railing system as claimed in claim 10, wherein a pretensioning mechanism, by means of which that part of the securing element which extends between handrail profile and holding profile or the recess defined in the structural body can be set to pretensioned, is provided.

13. The railing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the securing element is guided in one or more tubular sleeves.

14. The railing system as claimed in claim 13, wherein one or more centering aids, by means of which the one or more tubular sleeves are held over an inner system height in a defined position in relation to neighboring structural parts, are provided.

15. The railing system as claimed in claim 13, that wherein one or more centering aids, by means of which a plurality of tubular sleeves are connected to one another over an inner system height, are provided.

16. The railing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the securing element extends within a gap between two adjacent railing panels.