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Lightable nosing bar assembly for stairways

  • US 4,625,266 A
  • Filed: 02/08/1985
  • Issued: 11/25/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A lightable nosing bar assembly comprising a profiled metal rail (3), which is adapted to be secured to a nose edge (2) of a step (1) of a stairway and is provided in a portion of its cross-section that is disposed below the level of the tread with a longitudinally extending recess (6), which at least in a section of its length is exposed toward the free environment in a direction having a horizontal component, also comprising transparent covering means (7) for covering the exposed portions of the longitudinally extending recess, and an illuminating device (8, 9), which is disposed in the recess behind the covering means and extends throughout the length of the nose edge, characterized in that the surface of said covering means (7) is so arranged that at least some points of said surface can be seen from the space which is disposed above the horizontal plane of the tread surface and which in a view in a downstairs direction is defined by a vertical plane which contains the forward boundary of the tread surface.

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