A stanchion support 12 for a seating support rail, comprising one or more side walls 21 extending from a fixing plate 18, a throat 22 secured to the side walls, having at least one open side, a clamp 25, moveable between an open first position where the throat is exposed to receive one side of a support rail, and a second closed position where the support rail is constrained in the throat; and a retainer for securing the clamp in the second position. The retainer may be a bolt. Optionally a support rail can be attached to the stanchion support. A method for attaching a support rail to a stanchion support comprising the steps of; positioning a support rail adjacent to the stanchion support, constraining a support rail bending tool relative to the stanchion support, operating the support rail bending tool to flex the support rail towards the stanchion support, securing the support rail to the stanchion support and releasing the support rail bending tool is also disclosed.
Load bearing seating beam
2019-04-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English