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

Claim 4:
5. A clip for attaching a grooved deck plant to an underlying building beam, comprising
an upper body extending longitudinally from a front edge to a rear edge and laterally from a right edge to a left edge, the right and left edges meeting the front and rear edges, the upper body having a hole from a top surface to a bottom surface;
a first shoulder extending laterally outward from the right edge and transitioning downward into a first leg that defines a first placement surface, and an opposite second shoulder extending laterally outward from the left edge and transitioning downward into a second leg that defines a second placement surface, the first leg and second leg defining a reference spacer therebetween extending laterally along the bottom surface of the body and having a substantially flat front surface and substantially flat rear surface; and
a slot extending through the reference spacer between the front surface and rear surface, the slot being substantially aligned with the hole, wherein
the clip is configured for the front end to be inserted into a side groove in a first decking plank with the bottom placement surface on the building beam and the reference spacer outside of the side groove and then attached to the building beam via driving a fastener through the hole in a direction from the top surface to bottom surface, through the slot and into the underlying building beam.