US Patent 9145705 Railing system and tensioned posts used therein

One or more posts of a railing system are held securely in place by a hidden tensioning cable that extends through a cavity of the post along a longitudinal axis and is tensioned to securely fasten the post securely to a surface of a structure. Placement of the tensioning cable through the cavity allows cable receivers to be placed at desired spacing in one or more receiver channels of the post, the cable receivers operable to receive cable rails of the railing system. The receiver channels are oriented transverse the longitudinal axis of the post and are each configured to receive a receiver in to which a cable assembly may be placed.