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AssigneeAndersen Corporation
InventorsTodd Bruchu, Kurt Dalquist, Giuseppe Puppin, Thomas B. Worm, Robert F. Garofalo, Harold H. Evans, Kurt E. Heikkila, Dennis A. Galowitz
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A decking system, decking components and an installed deck for use on a support structure. The decking system comprises hollow profile planking units having anchor flanges on opposite edges that cooperate with an anchor structure to form a deck or platform. The flanges and the anchor units are shaped and configured to closely interact and form an installed platform structure. The planks comprise an extruded thermoplastic wood fiber composite having an internal structure sufficient to withstand installation, engineering forces placed on the installed platform, weathering and use. The anchor structures have a shape that conforms to the anchor flanges on the decking profiles to hold the deck in place.
1) A system for the installation of a decking structure on a support, the system comprising:
13) A plank, for deck or platform installation, comprising an extruded thermoplastic-biofiber hollow profile, the plank comprising a linear member having a tread surface and a parallel opposite support surface and parallel opposite edges, each edge comprising an anchor flange, said member comprising at least one internal arch support structure, wherein the plank has a compressive strength of at least 1500 pounds per square inch (10 megapascals) and a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than about 1.5×10−5 inch per inch ° F.
31) An anchor structure that can be used to install a plank having a flange in a deck or platform, the anchor comprising a base and extending from the base a vertical member having an installation hardware aperture, and extending substantially horizontally from the vertical member, a transverse member, the transverse member positioned at an angle that departs from the horizontal by at least 5°.
35) A decking structure comprising:
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