System for installation of decking tiles
AssigneeDLH Nordisk, Inc.
InventorsHarold Edward Lowe, Jr., Dalton Stewart Sexton
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Abstract
Materials for use in installing a deck include a plurality of decking tiles, each of the tiles having an outside corner angle with a hole at a predetermined location with respect to the corner and a plurality of decking tile connectors. Each of the connectors includes a plate, spacer flanges upstanding from the plate arranged to divide the plate into quadrants defined by angles that are the same as the corner angles of the tiles, and Christmas tree fasteners upstanding in the quadrants at locations to align with the holes in the tiles.
Claims33
A system for the installation of outdoor decking tiles comprising:
- a plurality of decking tiles each having a bottom and a top and comprising a plurality of slats and a substantially cylindrical wall defining an opening in one of the slats extending from the bottom toward the top of the tile;
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- a plurality of decking tile connectors, each having a fastener for insertion into one of the openings to hold the decking tiles in place against lateral movement from the connectors, wherein the fasteners each comprise a stem with a plurality of substantially parallel, round flanges radiating from the stem flexibly with respect to the wall to frictionally engage a tile without distorting the slat such that the top of the tile covers the fastener received by the decking tile.
A kit of materials for use in installing an outdoor deck comprising:
- a plurality of decking tiles having adaptation to receive fasteners;
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- a plurality of decking tile connectors having fasteners to decking tiles to hold the decking tiles in place against lateral movement from the connectors wherein the fasteners each comprise a stem with a plurality of substantially parallel, flexible, round flanges radiating from the stem and the adaptations in the decking tiles are holes extending from a bottom of the tile toward but not completely through a top of the tile to receive a fastener such that the top of the tile covers the fastener received by the decking tile;
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- a height adjustable pedestal connected to at least one connector, the height adjustable pedestal for supporting the decking tiles.
A kit of materials for use in installing an outdoor deck comprising:
- a plurality of decking tiles, each of the tiles having a bottom, a top, and an outside corner angle with a hole extending from the bottom of the tile toward the top of the tile at a predetermined location with respect to the corner, the hole to receive a fastener such that the top of the tile covers the fastener received by the hole, and
- a plurality of decking tile connectors, wherein at least one connector includes weakened slotted lines for permitting the connector to be evenly broken off, each of the connectors including a plate, spacer flanges upstanding from the plate arranged to divide the plate into quadrants defined by angles that are the same as the corner angles of the tiles, and fasteners upstanding in the quadrants at locations to align with the holes in the tiles, the fasteners including a stem and a plurality of flexible flanges extending outwardly and surrounding the stem.
An outdoor deck comprising:
- a plurality of decking tiles, each of the tiles including a wooden member having an opening defined by a substantially cylindrical wall extending upwardly from a bottom surface of the tile;
- and a plurality of decking tile connectors, each having a fastener including a stem extending upwardly in the opening in the wooden member of one of the tiles and a plurality of round flanges extending flexibly from the stem to frictional engagement with the wall, and wherein a top surface of the tile covers the fastener.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.