System for securing slats for forming a raised floor or deck
AssigneeArchitecture Du Bois
InventorsWilfried Andres, Eric Jung
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Abstract
The system for removably securing slats juxtaposed to form a deck, for example for a terrace, includes fasteners disposed in rows on level floor or joist or beam structure supports oriented perpendicular to the axis of the slats. The fasteners have a device for securing the supports to the slats. A plurality of impermeable channels is disposed parallel for a level floor, or at a rate of one impermeable channel for each joist or beam support. The top surface of the support, a device for removable securing and a device for positioning provided on the profiled section are covered. The fasteners are made of a flexible elastic material, and the device for positioning allows clearance in a direction of an axis of the channel.
Claims10
A system for a deck, said system comprising:
- a slat having a slat longitudinal axis;
- a support having a channel, said support having a support longitudinal axis and an upper surface, said channel being positioned on said upper surface, said channel being perpendicular to said slat;
- a fastener removably engaged to said slat and slideably engaged on said support, said fastener being slideable along said support longitudinal axis perpendicular to said slat longitudinal axis of said slat;
- a removable securing means for said fastener to said support and said channel;
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- a positioning means for said fastener along said channel and said support longitudinal axis,
- wherein said channel is comprised of two lateral guideways,
- wherein said fastener is comprised of a soleplate and at least two tabs, each tab having a downward end protruding downward from said soleplate and a hook at said downward end, and
- wherein said positioning means comprises said two lateral guideways in removable snap fit engagement with said at least two tabs, each hook clipping in a respective lateral guideway when said soleplate rests on said upper surface of said support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.