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US 12,742,330 B2Granted
Frame members for decks and decking systems having the same
AssigneeThe AZEK Group LLC
InventorsElijah R. Johnson, Eric Wehrli, Jason Andrew Davoll, Roger Edwin Winter
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Abstract
Frame members for decks and decking systems comprising frame members. A perimeter frame member can include a first engagement member adjacent a first vertical end and a second engagement member adjacent a second vertical end. An inner frame member can include a first ridge adjacent a first vertical end and a second ridge adjacent a second vertical end.
Claims15
A perimeter frame member for a decking system, the perimeter frame member comprising:
- a first lateral end;
- a second lateral end that is opposite the first lateral end;
- a first vertical end;
- a second vertical end that is opposite the first vertical end;
- a first side extending between the first lateral end and the second lateral end, and extending between the first vertical end and the second vertical end;
- a second side opposite the first side, the second side extending between the first lateral end and the second lateral end, and extending between the first vertical end and the second vertical end;
- wherein the first side comprises first and second engagement members,
- wherein the first engagement member is adjacent the first vertical end,
- wherein the second engagement member is adjacent the second vertical end,
- wherein the first side further comprises a recessed portion positioned between the first and second engagement members, and one or more alignment notches positioned within the recessed portion,
- wherein a midline plane extends parallel to and equidistant between the outer surfaces of the first and second vertical ends, and
- wherein the midline plane is equidistant between the first and second engagement members and between first and second edges of the recessed portion.
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A decking system, comprising:
- one or more perimeter frame members, wherein each of the one or more perimeter frame members comprises:
- a first lateral end;
- a second lateral end that is opposite the first lateral end;
- a first vertical end;
- a second vertical end that is opposite the first vertical end;
- a first side extending between the first lateral end and the second lateral end, and extending between the first vertical end and the second vertical end;
- a second side opposite the first side, the second side extending between the first lateral end and the second lateral end, and extending between the first vertical end and the second vertical end;
- wherein the first side comprises first and second engagement members, wherein the first engagement member is adjacent the first vertical end, and wherein the second engagement member is adjacent the second vertical end;
- wherein the first side further comprises a recessed portion positioned between the first and second engagement members, and one or more alignment notches positioned within the recessed portion, wherein a midline plane extends parallel to and equidistant between the outer surfaces of the first and second vertical ends, and wherein the midline plane is equidistant between the first and second engagement members and between first and second edges of the recessed portion;
- and
- one or more inner frame members, wherein, when in an assembled configuration, at least a first inner frame member of the one or more inner frame members is coupled to at least a first perimeter frame member of the one or more perimeter frame members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.