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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1987
John P Conner, Grandville, MI (US);
James R Bouse, Belmont, MI (US);
Allied Tube & Conduit Corporation, Harvey, IL (US);
Abstract
A modular barrier comprising a pair of vertical posts, a pair of parallel rails and a holding assembly for retaining the ends of the rails inside the posts. Each of the posts has a facing vertical wall with the vertical wall having an upper window and a lower window. An upper tongue extends upwardly into the upper window while a dependent lower tongue extends into the lower window. Each of the rails has a first end disposed inside one of the posts and a second end disposed inside the other post. The posts have facing inside walls and each of the walls has an indentation adjacent the rails receiving a corresponding one of the tongues. The holding assembly is positioned entirely within a post and functions to push the rails towards each other so that the tongues are held in their corresponding indentations to maintain the posts and rails assembled.