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US 11,719,002 B2Granted
Flooring board spacing assembly
AssigneeDecktec Pty Ltd
InventorPeter Haas
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Abstract
A flooring board spacing assembly including an elongate platform member locatable on a flooring joist, the platform member having a plurality of first spacers evenly spaced at regular intervals along the length of the platform member, wherein, in use each of the first spacers separates adjacent flooring boards located on the platform member and forms a predetermined space between the adjacent flooring boards.
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A flooring board spacing assembly including
- an elongate platform member locatable on a flooring joist, the platform member having a plurality of first spacers evenly spaced at regular intervals along the length of the platform member;
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- an elongate fixing jig locatable over the flooring boards and alignable by the plurality of first spacers, the fixing jig having a plurality of apertures to align a drill bit so that holes can be drilled into the flooring boards at predefined locations,
- wherein, in use each of the first spacers is located between and separates adjacent flooring boards located on the platform member and forms a predetermined space between the adjacent flooring boards,
- wherein each of the first spacers is removably attached to the platform member by one or more breakable tabs, and wherein each of the one or more breakable tabs has a cross-section that is less than a cross-section of a corresponding one of the plurality of first spacers, and
- wherein each of the first spacers has a recess formed in a top portion thereof, and wherein the fixing jig is at least partially insertable into the recess of each of the first spacers.
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A flooring board spacing assembly including
- an elongate platform member locatable on a flooring joist, the platform member having a plurality of first spacers evenly spaced at regular intervals along the length of the platform member, each of the first spacers adapted to separate adjacent flooring boards located on the platform member and form a predetermined space between the adjacent flooring boards;
- an elongate bearer platform locatable between a bearer and the flooring joist;
- an elongate fixing jig having a plurality of apertures, the fixing jig locatable over the flooring boards such that the elongate fixing jig is aligned by the plurality of first spacers.
A method of installing decking boards, including the steps of
- locating an elongate platform member on a flooring joist, the elongate platform member having a plurality of first spacers evenly spaced at regular intervals along the length of the platform member;
- locating decking boards on the elongate platform member such that each decking board abuts at least one of the plurality of first spacers;
- attaching each of the decking boards to the flooring joist;
- and removing the plurality of first spacers from the platform member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.