Under deck fastening system

• US 5,775,048 A
• Filed: 07/11/1996
• Issued: 07/07/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Pan American Screw LLC
• Original Assignee: Brian Keith Orchard
• Inventors: Orchard, Brian Keith
• Primary Examiner(s): Wood, Wynn E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILKENS, KEVIN DOUGLAS
• Application Number:
  US08/678,687
• Time in Patent Office: 726 Days
• Field of Search: 52/474, 52/480, 52/483.1, 52/489.1, 52/512, 52/513, 52/578, 52/582.1, 52/698, 52/702, 52/712, 52/715, 52/781.3, 52/403.1, 52/459, 52/460 , 52/461, 52/463, 52/506.01, 52/506.05, 52/509, 403/230, 403/231, 403/233
• US Class Current: 52/712
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 5/12 with wooden beams E04B5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/04 only of wood or with a top layer of wood, e.g. with wooden or metal connecting members rollable parquet E04F15/16
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 2015/02072 the additional fastening elements extending into the back side of the flooring elements E04F2015/021 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/4602 Corner joint

Abstract

A deck fastening system includes an underdeck elongated fastening clip. Such clip is in the form of an elongated metallic sheet of a predetermined width. The clip has a profile defined by a fastening flange, and a depending facia projecting at right angles to the fastening flange from the leading edge thereof, which terminates in an intersecting valley. An angularly upwardly-extending track projects from the intersecting valley at the lower end of the depending facia. A washer flange extends outwardly from the leading edge of the angularly-upwardly-extending track.

Claims

1. A clip for fastening an underface of a deck plank to an upperface of a joist, the clip comprising an elongated metallic sheet of a predetermined width, said clip having a profile defined by:

a fastening flange having a leading edge;

a depending facia having an upper end attached to the fastening flange and a lower end, said facia projecting at a right angle to said fastening flange from the leading edge thereof and terminating in an intersecting valley at said lower end;

an angularly-upwardly-extending track having a leading edge, said angularly-upwardly-extending track projecting from said intersecting valley at the lower end of said depending facia; and

a washer flange extending outwardly from the leading edge of said angularly-upwardly-extending track, the clip further comprising, connecting means for connecting the fastening flange to the upper face of the joist; and

attachment means for attaching the angularly-upwardly-extending track to the underface of the deck plank.

2. The clip of claim 1, wherein said fastening flange is provided with a plurality of pre-pierced holes.

3. The clip of claim 1, wherein said valley is provided with a plurality of longitudinally-spaced-apart water drainage holes.

4. The clip of claim 1, wherein said washer flange is provided with a plurality of pre-pierced holes.

5. A deck fastening system for securing a lower face of a deck plank to an upper face of a joist comprising:

an elongated joist; and

a pair of elongated underdeck fastening clips secured thereto in edge-to-edge abutting relation and along opposite parallel side faces of said elongated joist, each of said elongated underdeck fastening clips comprising an elongated metallic sheet of a predetermined width, each of the clips having a profile defined by a fastening flange having a leading edge, a depending facia having an upper end attached to the fastening flange and a lower end, the facia projecting at a right angle to said fastening flange from the leading edge thereof, and terminating in an intersecting valley at said lower end;

an angularly-upwardly-extending track having a leading edge, the angularly-upwardly-extending track projecting from said intersecting valley at the lower end of said depending facia; and

a washer flange extending from the leading edge of said angularly-upwardly-extending track;

said fastening flanges being secured to an upper face of said joist, and said tracks being adapted to be secured to the underface of the deck plank.

6. The deck fastening system of claim 5, wherein said fastening flanges are provided with a plurality of spaced apart pre-pierced fastening holes.

7. The deck fastening system of claim 5, wherein said valleys are provided with a plurality of spaced-apart water drainage holes.

8. The deck fastening system of claim 5, wherein said washer flanges are provided with a plurality of pre-pierced securing holes.