System for construction of balustrades for terraces or the like

Abstract

A system for construction of balustrades for terraces or the like, includes vertically extending posts ( 1, 2, 3 ), and horizontally extending beams ( 20, 21 ) connected to the posts and supported by the posts. According to the invention, each post ( 1, 2, 3 ) includes at least one elongate support member ( 5 ) which carries at least one securing element ( 6, 7 ) for fastening a beam ( 20, 21 ), and at least two elongate cover elements ( 8 ), which can be secured to one another, cooperate to surround the support member ( 5 ) when secured to one another and have recesses ( 14, 15, 18, 19 ) for each securing element ( 6, 7 ) to pass through, so that part of the securing element ( 6, 7 ) protrudes outside the cover elements ( 8 ) when these are secured to one another and surround each elongate support member ( 5 ) included in the post.

1 . A system for construction of balustrades for terraces or the like, comprising vertically extending posts ( 1 ,  2 ,  3 ), and horizontally extending beams ( 20 ,  21 ) connected to the posts and supported by said posts, characterized in that each post ( 1 ,  2 ,  3 ) includes at least one elongate support member ( 5 ) which carries at least one securing element ( 6 ,  7 ) for fastening a beam ( 20 ,  21 ), and at least two elongate cover elements ( 8 ), which can be secured to one another, cooperate to surround the support member ( 5 ) when secured to one another and have recesses ( 14 ,  15 ,  18 ,  19 ) for each securing element ( 6 ,  7 ) to pass through, so that part of the securing element ( 6 ,  7 ) protrudes outside the cover elements ( 8 ) when these are secured to one another and surround each elongate support member ( 5 ) included in the post.  
   
   
       2 . The system as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that each securing element ( 6 ,  7 ) for a beam ( 20 ,  21 ) protrudes at right angles with respect to an outer surface of the elongate cover elements ( 8 ) when these are secured to one another and surround each elongate support member ( 5 ) included in the post.  
   
   
       3 . The system as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that each securing element ( 6 ,  7 ) for a beam ( 20 ,  21 ) is secured to the support member ( 5 ) such that it is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the support member.  
   
   
       4 . The system as claimed in  claim 3 , characterized in that the support member ( 5 ) comprises a bar having an external thread cooperating with an internal thread in a hole in the securing element ( 6 ,  7 ).  
   
   
       5 . The system as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that each securing element ( 6 ,  7 ) comprises an elongate plate of rectangular cross section, in that the elongate cover elements ( 8 ) comprise a longitudinal central recess for accommodating the elongate support member, and transverse slits ( 14 ,  15 ) or cutouts ( 18 ) through which the plate-shaped securing elements pass.  
   
   
       6 . The system as claimed in  claim 5 , characterized in that, with the cover elements ( 8 ;  8 ″) secured to one another, those parts of their mutually facing surfaces located outside the central recesses are plane, and in that, on both sides of the central recess, the mutually facing plane surfaces of two mutually secured cover elements ( 8 ;  8 ″) diverge from one another in the direction toward the central recess (see  FIGS. 7 and 10 ).  
   
   
       7 . The system as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that each post ( 1 ,  2 ,  3 ) comprises securing elements ( 6 ,  7 ) for fastening an upper beam and lower beam ( 20  and  21 ) in the post, and in that each beam comprises a series of slats ( 22 ) which are separated from one another in the longitudinal direction of the beam and which extend transversely relative to the longitudinal direction of the beams.  
   
   
       8 . The system as claimed in  claim 7 , characterized in that each beam ( 20 ,  21 ) comprises, at its opposite ends, a recess ( 25 ) for introduction of a part of a securing element ( 6 ,  7 ) protruding from a post ( 1 ,  2 ,  3 ).  
   
   
       9 . The system as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that screw connections are used for connecting the cover elements ( 8 ) to one another and for connecting the beams ( 20 ,  21 ) to the securing elements ( 6 ,  7 ).  
   
   
       10 . The system as claimed in  claim 4 , characterized in that the support member ( 5 ) comprises a threaded upper part, and in that a cover plate ( 16 ) with a central, internally threaded blind hole ( 17 ) is provided to permit turning of the support member and, consequently, movement of the securing elements ( 6 ,  7 ) in the longitudinal direction of the support member.  
   
   
       11 . The system as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein all or some of the posts extend upwardly from an upper securing element and have in the upper end of the post an element for attaching an end of a rafter for a pergola.  
   
   
       12 . The system as claimed in  claim 2 , characterized in that each securing element ( 6 ,  7 ) for a beam ( 20 ,  21 ) is secured to the support member ( 5 ) such that it is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the support member.  
   
   
       13 . The system as claimed in  claim 2 , characterized in that each securing element ( 6 ,  7 ) comprises an elongate plate of rectangular cross section, in that the elongate cover elements ( 8 ) comprise a longitudinal central recess for accommodating the elongate support member, and transverse slits ( 14 ,  15 ) or cutouts ( 18 ) through which the plate-shaped securing elements pass.  
   
   
       14 . The system as claimed in  claim 3 , characterized in that each securing element ( 6 ,  7 ) comprises an elongate plate of rectangular cross section, in that the elongate cover elements ( 8 ) comprise a longitudinal central recess for accommodating the elongate support member, and transverse slits ( 14 ,  15 ) or cutouts ( 18 ) through which the plate-shaped securing elements pass.  
   
   
       15 . The system as claimed in  claim 4 , characterized in that each securing element ( 6 ,  7 ) comprises an elongate plate of rectangular cross section, in that the elongate cover elements ( 8 ) comprise a longitudinal central recess for accommodating the elongate support member, and transverse slits ( 14 ,  15 ) or cutouts ( 18 ) through which the plate-shaped securing elements pass.