US 12,460,418 B1
Bracket for supporting attachment of the end of a railing member to a vertical member
Kevin T. Burt, Dallas, TX (US); Matthew Carlyle Sherstad, Dallas, TX (US); and John David Irick, Dallas, TX (US)
Assigned to PrimeSource Building Products, Inc., Irving, TX (US)
Filed by PrimeSource Building Products, Inc., Irving, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2024, as Appl. No. 19/004,665.
Application 19/004,665 is a continuation of application No. 18/906,964, filed on Oct. 4, 2024.
Application 18/906,964 is a continuation of application No. 17/571,987, filed on Jan. 10, 2022, granted, now 12,110,690, issued on Oct. 8, 2024.
Application 17/571,987 is a continuation of application No. 16/805,183, filed on Feb. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,220,824, issued on Jan. 11, 2022.
Application 16/805,183 is a continuation of application No. 16/655,549, filed on Oct. 17, 2019, granted, now 10,590,656, issued on Mar. 17, 2020.
Application 16/655,549 is a continuation of application No. 15/078,866, filed on Mar. 23, 2016, granted, now 10,450,758, issued on Oct. 22, 2019.
Application 15/078,866 is a continuation of application No. 13/729,087, filed on Dec. 28, 2012, granted, now 9,322,180, issued on Apr. 26, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/584,878, filed on Jan. 10, 2012.
Int. Cl. E04F 11/18 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 11/1834 (2013.01) [E04F 11/1836 (2013.01); E04F 2011/1819 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A railing bracket, comprising:
a cup formed of a first sheet metal, the cup having a generally cube shape and comprising a cup bottom wall, a cup rear wall extending perpendicularly from the cup bottom wall and a first bend disposed between the cup rear wall and the cup bottom wall, a first cup side wall extending perpendicularly from the cup rear wall and a second bend disposed between the cup rear wall and the first cup sidewall, a second cup side wall extending perpendicularly from the cup rear wall and a third bend disposed between the cup rear wall and the second cup side wall, an end of a railing member being supportable primarily by the cup bottom wall, each of the first and second cup side walls defining a countersunk through hole and the cup rear wall defining a plurality of through holes, the cup further comprising at least one notch, each of the cup bottom wall, the cup rear wall, the first cup side wall and the second cup side wall forming a side of the generally cube shaped cup;
a cap formed of a second sheet metal, the cap comprising a cap wall and a first cap side wall extending perpendicularly from the cap wall and a first cap bend disposed between the cap wall and the first cap side wall, and a second cap side wall extending perpendicularly from the cap wall and a second cap bend disposed between the cap wall and the second cap side wall, the cap further comprising at least one tab and a flange portion extending inwardly from each of the cap wall, the first cap side wall and the second cap side wall; and
wherein the cup is configured to receive an end of a railing member that contacts the cup bottom wall, and the cup is configured to receive the cap such that the cap wall is disposed over the end of the railing member and the at least one tab is received by the at least one notch and the first and second cap side walls cover the countersunk through holes in the first and second cup side walls respectively.