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US 6,810,633 B2Granted
Deck board fastener
OwnerG. Steven Harris, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
A fastening device for securing adjacent, parallel boards to a transverse structure, including a top plate having flanges to fit into slots cut into the sides of boards, a center hole in the top plate to accommodate a screw or nail, and top and bottom tabs to provide uniform spacing and to support the fastener during attachment to the support structure.
Claims12
A fastening device for securing boards to a support structure, said device comprising:
- a first flange joined with a coplanar second flange and adapted to be disposed in a generally horizontal position in use, said flanges extending laterally outwardly in opposite directions from a longitudinal axis of said device at the juncture of said flanges,
- said flanges having an opening therein extending downwardly therethrough at a central portion of said axis for receiving an anchoring device,
- first and second top tabs extending upwardly from said axis and disposed on opposite sides of said opening,
- first and second bottom tabs extending downwardly from said axis and disposed on opposite sides of said opening, and
- a ridge extending downwardly from said longitudinal axis and between said bottom tabs.
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A fastening device for securing boards to a support structure, said device comprising:
- a first flange joined with a coplanar second flange and adapted to be disposed in a generally horizontal position in use, said flanges extending laterally outwardly in opposite directions from a longitudinal axis of said device at the juncture of said flanges,
- said flanges having outer edges shaped to substantially fit the curvature of a receiving slot in a board, and having an opening therein extending downwardly therethrough at a central portion of said axis for receiving an anchoring device,
- first and second top tabs extending upwardly from said longitudinal axis and disposed on opposite sides of said opening,
- first and second bottom tabs extending downwardly from said longitudinal axis and disposed on opposite sides of said opening, and
- a ridge on said flanges extending downwardly from said longitudinal axis and between said bottom tabs.
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A deck board fastening device for securing deck boards to a support structure, said device comprising:
- a first flange joined with a coplanar second flange and adapted to be disposed in a generally horizontal position in use, said flanges extending laterally outwardly in opposite directions from a longitudinal axis of said device at the juncture of said flanges,
- said flanges having outer edges shaped to substantially fit the curvature of a receiving slot in a board, and having an opening therein extending downwardly therethrough at a central portion of said axis for receiving an anchoring device,
- first and second top tabs extending upwardly from said longitudinal axis and disposed on opposite sides of said opening;
- first and second bottom tabs extending downwardly from said longitudinal axis and disposed on opposite sides of said opening, said bottom tabs including downwardly extending walls, a portion of said walls proximate to said opening extending outwardly and away from said opening as said walls extend downwardly from said flanges, thereby reducing potential interference between said tabs with the body of an anchoring device engaged with said opening upon attachment of said deck board fastener to a deck substructural element;
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- a ridge on said flanges extending downwardly from said longitudinal axis and between said bottom tabs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.