Connector
OwnerAllan Hollandinventor
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Abstract
A deck containing joists and decking planks can be assembled quickly and easily without requiring any fasteners and using a “snap lock” type arrangement by providing a connector on top of the joist which contains a number of clips that can be bent out of the plane of the top wall of the connector and which can engage with the decking planks.
Claims15
A connector to allow a plurality of first members to be attached to a second member, the connector comprising an elongate member adapted for attachment to the second member, the elongate member being provided with a plurality of clips which are immovable fixed to the elongate member, to facilitate attachment of the plurality of first members to the second member.
An assembly comprising a plurality of spaced apart second members, a connector attached to each, or a majority of the second members, the connector comprising an elongate member adapted for attachment to the second member, the elongate member being provided with a plurality of clips, to facilitate attachment of the plurality of first members to the second member, and a plurality of first members being attached to the connector by the clips at least, and in most cases also using an adhesive.
A connector to allow a plurality of first members to be attached to a second member, the connector comprising a plurality of clips which are attached to the second member and which facilitate attachment of the plurality of first members to the second member.
A connector to allow a plurality first members to be attached to a second member, the connector comprising an elongate member adapted for attachment to the second member, the elongate member being provided with a plurality of clips to facilitate attachment of the plurality of first members to the second member, each clip, or a majority of clips, having a free end which is bent relative to the remainder of the clip and which is adapted to pass into a groove in the side wall of the first members to facilitate attachment of the first members to the second member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.