Step clip fastening system and method
AssigneeBarrette Outdoor Living, Inc.
InventorChristopher Michael Schneider
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Abstract
A step clip fastening device, the step clip fastening device comprising: an elongated base strip having a first end and a second end, wherein a female locking part is attached to the first end and a male locking part is attached to the second end; a plurality of step clip sets extending substantially perpendicularly upwards from the base strip, wherein each of the step clip set comprising at least two step clips arranged in a back-to-back configuration, wherein a step clip is attached at each of the first end and the second end of the base strip; an anchor protruded at a center of each of the step clip; and one or more tabs extending substantially perpendicularly downwards from the base strip between two corresponding step clips facing each other.
Claims16
A step clip fastening apparatus, comprising:
- an elongated base strip having a first end and a second end, wherein each of the first and second ends includes a respective connector to connect to an elongated base strip of another step clip fastening apparatus;
- a first pair of opposing step clips extending perpendicularly from a first surface of the elongated base strip, wherein each step clip of the first pair of step clips includes a protrusion directed towards the other step clip of the first pair of step clips to retain a first board within a cavity between the first pair of step clips;
- a cover strip attached to an edge of the elongated base strip;
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- a hook extending from the edge of the elongated base strip to secure the cover strip to the edge.
A deck system, comprising:
- a first deck board having a first channel along a first edge of the deck board and a second channel along a second edge of the deck board;
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- a step clip fastening apparatus, comprising,
- an elongated base strip having a first end and a second end, wherein each of the first and second ends includes a respective connector to connect to an elongated base strip of another step clip fastening apparatus,
- a first pair of opposing step clips extending perpendicularly from a first surface of the elongated base strip, wherein each step clip of the first pair of step clips includes a protrusion directed towards the other step clip of the first pair of step clips to retain the first deck board within a cavity between the first pair of step clips, and
- a cover strip attached to an edge of the elongated base strip;
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- a hook extending from the edge of the elongated base strip to secure the cover strip to the edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.