US 12,031,333 B2
Handrail attachment system and method
Kyle Fee, Alpharetta, GA (US); Judd Mincey, Alpharetta, GA (US); and Randy Scott, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Assigned to Artistic Southern, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed by Artistic Southern, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/590,902.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/145,056, filed on Feb. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0243475 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. E04F 11/18 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 11/1817 (2013.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of attaching a handrail to a support structure, the method comprising:
obtaining a connector comprising a body and an outer face;
mounting the connector to an end face of a handrail with the outer face of the connector engaging the end face of the handrail;
positioning the body to be at least partially received in a recess in a support structure; and
mounting the connector to the support structure;
wherein the handrail comprises a route, the connector comprises an extrusion extending from the outer face of the connector and a support mounting hole extending through at least the extrusion, the method further comprises positioning the extrusion at least partially within the route and positioning the outer face of the connector in face-to-face contact with the end face of the handrail prior to the mounting the connector to the end face of the handrail, and the mounting the connector to the support structure comprises securing a fastener to the support structure via the support mounting hole and the recess of the support structure while the extrusion is at least partially received in the route of the handrail.