Step clip fastening system and method

A deck fastening system for securing a plurality of deck boards over a surface of a joist, the system comprising:

• the plurality of deck boards, wherein each of the deck board comprising an upper surface and a lower surface;
• and
• one or more step clip fastening devices, wherein each of the step clip fastening device comprising:
• an elongated base strip having a first end and a second end, wherein a female locking part is attached to the first end and a male locking part is attached to the second end;
• a plurality of step clip sets extending substantially perpendicularly upwards from the base strip, wherein each of the step clip set comprising at least two step clips arranged in a back-to-back configuration, wherein a step clip is attached at each of the first end and the second end of the base strip;
• an anchor protruded at a center of each of the step clip;
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• one or more tabs extending substantially perpendicularly downwards from the base strip between two corresponding step clips facing each other.

A method of assembling a deck board by using a step clip fastening device, the method comprising the steps of:

• rigidly attaching a step clip fastening device on a surface of a joist, wherein each tab of the step clip fastening device is positioned along a side surface of the joist;
• fastening the step clip fastening device by using one more fastening tool on the joist;
• positioning the deck board across two corresponding step clips facing each other of the step clip fastening device;
• sliding a first end of the deck board into an inner cavity of a first end of the step clip fastening device such that the step clip fastening device is engaged within a groove of the deck board;
• and
• snapping a second end of the deck board into an inner cavity of a corresponding step clip of the step clip fastening device to form a mating relationship between the deck board and the step clip fastening device through an anchor protruded at the center of each step clip of the step clip fastening device, wherein the anchor digs into the deck board.