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US 8,910,442 B2Granted
Deck board mounting clip
OwnerStephan Lachevrotiere, Francois Parenteau +2inventors
InventorsStephan Lachevrotiere, Francois Parenteau, Tory Weber, Brian Boettger
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Abstract
A deck board mounting clip mounts deck boards to joist members with respective undercut portions in a deck structure. The mounting clip has an intermediate body received between an adjacent deck boards, a first retainer flange protruding laterally into the side edge of one of the deck boards, a second retainer flange protruding laterally into the side edge of the next deck board, and a hook portion engageable with the undercut portion of the joist member such that the mounting clip cannot be lifted from the joist member.
Claims20
A method of assembling a deck structure, the method comprising:
- providing a joist member which is elongate in a longitudinal direction and which comprises an undercut portion extending in the longitudinal along a length of the joist member;
- providing a plurality of deck boards, each having laterally opposing side edges arranged to span across the joist member parallel and laterally adjacent to one another and transversely to the longitudinal direction of the joist member;
- providing a plurality of mounting clips, in which each mounting clip comprises an intermediate body, a first retainer flange protruding from one side of the intermediate body, a second retainer flange protruding from an opposing side of the intermediate body relative to the first retainer flange, and a hook portion;
- and
- positioning each mounting clip by:
- engaging the hook portion with the undercut portion of the joist member such that the mounting clip cannot be lifted from the joist member by pivoting the intermediate body relative to the joist member from a disengaged position to an engaged position of the mounting clip relative to the joist member;
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- inserting the intermediate body between an adjacent pair of the deck boards such that:
- i) the first retainer flange protrudes laterally into the side edge of one of the deck boards of said adjacent pair, ii) the second retainer flange protrudes laterally into the side edge of the other one of the deck boards of said adjacent pair, and iii) the mounting clip is restricted from pivotal movement from the engaged position to the disengaged position by the engagement of the retainer flanges with the deck boards.
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A mounting clip for use in a deck structure comprising:
- a joist member which is elongate in a longitudinal direction and which comprises an undercut portion extending in the longitudinal along a length of the joist member;
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- a plurality of deck boards having laterally opposing side edges spanning across the joist member parallel and laterally adjacent to one another and transversely to the longitudinal direction of the joist member;
- the mounting clip comprising:
- an intermediate body arranged to be received between an adjacent pair of the deck boards;
- a first retainer flange protruding from one side of the intermediate body so as to be arranged to protrude laterally into the side edge of one of the deck boards of said adjacent pair;
- a second retainer flange protruding from an opposing side of the intermediate body relative to the first retainer flange so as to be arranged to protrude laterally into the side edge of the other one of the deck boards of said adjacent pair;
- a hook portion arranged to be engaged with the undercut portion of the joist member such that the mounting clip cannot be lifted from the joist member;
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- an auxiliary flange protruding from one side of the intermediate body at one end of the intermediate body opposite from the hook portion so as to be arranged to extend along a bottom side of one of the deck boards opposite the hook portion.
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A deck structure comprising:
- at least one joist member which is elongate in a longitudinal direction and which comprises an undercut portion extending in the longitudinal along a length of the joist member;
- a plurality of deck boards, each having laterally opposing side edges spanning across said at least one joist member parallel and laterally adjacent to one another and transversely to the longitudinal direction of said at least one joist member;
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- a plurality of mounting clips, each mounting clip comprising:
- an intermediate body arranged to be received between an adjacent pair of the deck boards;
- a hook portion engaged under the undercut portion of one joist member such that the mounting clip cannot be lifted from the joist member;
- a first retainer flange protruding from one side of the intermediate body so as to protrude laterally into the side edge of one of the deck boards of said adjacent pair;
- a second retainer flange protruding from an opposing side of the intermediate body relative to the first retainer flange so as to protrude laterally into the side edge of the other one of the deck boards of said adjacent pair;
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- a depending portion which depends downwardly from the intermediate body and which is fastened to said one joist member at a location which is recessed relative to a top side of the joist member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.