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US 8,544,229 B2Granted
Decking system with hidden dovetail fastener
AssigneeA. Raymond Et Cie
InventorsDorian Kilgore, William Teller
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Abstract
This present invention relates generally to deck fasteners for securing deck boards together and to a supporting member, and more particularly with a deck fastener which does not protrude from the deck surface.
Claims30
A decking fastener comprising:
- a first joist connector, the first joist connector having a first side edge, a second side edge, a bottom edge and a top edge, the first and second side edges being opposite one another, wherein each of the first and second side edges has at least one anchoring tab formed therein;
- a second joist connector, the second joist connector having a first side edge, a second side edge, a bottom edge and a top edge, the first and second side edges being opposite one another, wherein each of the first and second side edges has at least one anchoring tab formed therein;
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- a board connector, the board connector having a first side, a second side and a bottom, wherein the first side and the second side of the board connector are operatively coupled to opposite sides of the bottom and are arranged in a substantially parallel manner to one another,
- wherein the remaining sides of the bottom of the board connector are operatively coupled to at least a portion of the top edges of the first and second joist connectors so that the first and second joist connectors are arranged in a substantially perpendicular manner to the first and second board connector sides.
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A decking system comprising:
- a frame;
- at least one joist, the at least one joist being secured to the frame;
- at least one decking board, the at least one decking board having a top side and a bottom side, the bottom side having formed therein at least one slotted opening, wherein the at least one decking board is secured to the at least one joist via at least one decking fastener, the decking fastener comprising:
- a first joist connector, the first joist connector having a first side edge, a second side edge, a bottom edge and a top edge, the first and second side edges being opposite one another, wherein each of the first and second side edges has at least one anchoring tabs formed therein;
- a second joist connector, the second joist connector having a first side edge, a second side edge, a bottom edge and a top edge, the first and second side edges being opposite one another, wherein each of the first and second side edges has at least one anchoring tabs formed therein;
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- a board connector, the board connector having a first side, a second side and a bottom, wherein the first side and the second side of the board connector are operatively coupled to opposite sides of the bottom and are arranged in a substantially parallel manner to one another and wherein the board connector is designed to operatively engage the slotted opening in the bottom of the at least one decking board,
- wherein the remaining sides of the bottom of the board connector are operatively coupled to at least a portion of the top edges of the first and second joist connectors so that the first and second joist connectors are arranged in a substantially perpendicular manner to the first and second board connector sides.
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A method of assembling a decking system comprising the steps of:
- forming a frame;
- securing at least one joist to at least a portion of the frame;
- securing at least one decking board to at least a portion of the at least one joist via at least one decking fastener, the at least one decking board having a top side and a bottom side, the bottom side having formed therein at least one slotted opening, the decking fastener comprising:
- a first joist connector, the first joist connector having a first side edge, a second side edge, a bottom edge and a top edge, the first and second side edges being opposite one another, wherein each of the first and second side edges has at least one anchoring tabs formed therein;
- a second joist connector, the second joist connector having a first side edge, a second side edge, a bottom edge and a top edge, the first and second side edges being opposite one another, wherein each of the first and second side edges has at least one anchoring tabs formed therein;
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- a board connector, the board connector having a first side, a second side and a bottom, wherein the first side and the second side of the board connector are operatively coupled to opposite sides of the bottom and are arranged in a substantially parallel manner to one another and wherein the board connector is designed to operatively engage the slotted opening in the bottom of the at least one decking board,
- wherein the remaining sides of the bottom of the board connector are operatively coupled to at least a portion of the top edges of the first and second joist connectors so that the first and second joist connectors are arranged in a substantially perpendicular manner to the first and second board connector sides.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.