Artificial decking material and method for use
OwnerTerry Ludingtoninventor
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Abstract
A deck planking assembly system, comprised of two independent extrusions, to construct outdoor decks, docks and like structures. The top member includes a horizontal walking surface with multiple downwardly projecting vertical legs for locking devices and two additional projections for outer side walls. The second member of the device includes an elongated support formed from a rigid extrusion of metal, plastic or composite material, having a horizontal mounting surface which is affixed to a joist system. This contains multiple upwardly extending vertical legs at different lengths to create a crowned walking surface. Each vertical leg supports a horizontal extension terminating into an engaging locking method and an intermediate support means for the top member.
Claims20
An artificial decking assembly for attachment to decking joists, comprising:
- a lower member attachable to the decking joists, said lower member including a base, two side struts connected to said base, and a plurality of T-shaped vertical struts connected to said base and positioned interior to said side struts;
- a surface member having a top surface and a plurality of biased clips interconnected to a bottom surface of said top surface;
- wherein upon assembly, said biased clips of said surface member frictionally engage said side struts and said T-shaped vertical struts of said lower member to form a decking surface.
A decking assembly comprising:
- a lower member including a base connected to two side struts and at least one T-shaped vertical strut having a height greater than a height of either of said side struts;
- a surface member having a top surface interconnected to a plurality of biased clips for frictionally engaging said side struts and said at least one T-shaped vertical strut of said lower member;
- wherein said surface member frictionally engages said lower member upon interconnecting said surface member to said lower member.
A method of attaching surface decking to decking joists, said method comprising:
- affixing a lower member to the decking joists, the lower member having a base connected to a plurality of struts, said plurality of struts including two side struts and at least one T-shaped vertical strut;
- interconnecting a surface member to the lower member, the surface member having biased clips connected to a top surface such that said biased clips frictionally engage said plurality of struts, and wherein said interlocking step further comprises sliding or downwardly forcing the biased clips of the surface member to frictionally engage the struts of the lower member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.