Patent ID: 11873648
Assignee: OMG, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A strip of clips for positioning and securing adjacent grooved planks to a joist, comprising
a plurality of clips, each clip having a body extending longitudinally from a front edge to a rear edge and laterally between opposite lateral edges and defining a hole longitudinally intermediate the front end and rear end and laterally intermediate the respective lateral edges, and a pair of legs, each leg extending downward from the body at a longitudinal position between the front end and rear end, each of the front edge and rear edge configured to be received within a side groove of a plank, wherein
each clip further comprises a first shoulder extending laterally outward from a first of the lateral edges and transitioning downward into a first of the pair of legs, and a second shoulder extending laterally outward from a second of the lateral edges and transitioning downward into a second of the pair of legs,
each front edge and each rear edge includes a longitudinally inwardly extending notch in a lateral position between the opposite lateral edges with the notch in the front edge laterally aligned with the notch in the rear end, each rear edge of a leading clip is attached to the front edge of a trailing clip with the respective notches aligned and combining to form a passthrough opening sized and shaped to receive an elongate fastener therethrough,
the pair of legs collectively define a bottom placement surface at their respective bottom ends for placement of the clip on a support beam,
the pair of legs define a reference spacer therebetween extending laterally along the bottom surface of the body, and
the reference spacer includes an undercut that is at least as laterally extensive as the body such that the bottom placement surface is positioned entirely laterally outside the lateral edges of the body.