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Adjustable modular staircase
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Inventors: Grenier, Gilles;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Friedman; Carl D.
Assistant Examiner: Thissell; Jennifer I.
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
The adjustable modular staircase includes two stringers for rigid attachment to a building structure in parallel, opposed relationship to each other, a plurality of axially parallel pins protrude out of each of the stringers and are spaced equidistant apart there along, the pins in one stringer are axially aligned with the pins in the other stringer when installed in the building structure, and a plurality of step modules, each including a tread and at least one end wall. The end wall has a top edge for supporting one end of the tread, a bottom edge inclined with respect to the top edge, and a notch in the bottom edge for releasably pivotally engaging one of the pins, whereby the step module can pivot around the pin to allow for horizontal leveling of each of the treads so as to form a rough staircase used for the early stages of the building process. Each step module preferably includes a riser having an end supported by a front edge of the end wall. Finally, at the end of the building process, a plurality of finishing plates are fixedly attached onto the treads, risers, end walls and to the building structure to provide a proper surface finish of the staircase. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention is directed to a modular staircase comprising: two stringers for rigid attachment to a building structure in parallel, opposed relationship to each other; a plurality of axially parallel pins protruding out of each of said stringers and spaced equidistant apart along said stringers, the pins in one stringer being axially aligned with the pins in the other stringer when installed in a building structure; and a plurality of step modules, each step module including a tread and at least one end wall, said end wall having a top edge for supporting one end of the tread, a bottom edge inclined with respect to said top edge, and a notch in said bottom edge for releasably pivotally engaging one of said pins, whereby the step module can pivot around said pin to allow for horizontal leveling of each of the treads.
Preferably, each of said step modules includes a riser, said end wall supporting an end of said riser on a front edge thereof.
Preferably, each of said step modules includes horizontal supports extending rearwardly from a :bottom surface of said tread and vertical supports extending downwardly from a rear surface of said riser, when installed in a building structure, said horizontal supports of one step module abut the vertical supports of an upper, adjacent step module and said vertical supports of said one step module abut the horizontal supports of a lower adjacent step module, whereby said one step module is secured to said upper and lower adjacent modules by interconnecting said horizontal and vertical supports to vertical and horizontal supports of said upper and lower adjacent step modules, respectively.
Preferably, the staircase includes inclined holes in ends of said tread for securing said step module to a building structure, Preferably, the staircase includes finishing plates for attachment to said tread, riser and end wall of each said step module to provide surface finish to said staircase.
Preferably, the finishing plate for said tread includes a convex tip for covering exposed edges of said tread, and a horizontal groove in an inner surface of said tip for engagement by a front edge of a tread to better secure said finishing plate of said tread
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