Patent ID: 9228345
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: E04B,E04C,E04F

Claim Text:
1. In a deck structure comprising: a base frame comprising a plurality of joists; and a plurality of deck boards spanning in respective longitudinal directions across the plurality of joists and defining an upper deck surface, each deck board including a top surface forming a respective portion of the upper deck surface, a bottom side below the top surface and engaged upon the joists, a female interlocking element spanning in a longitudinal direction of the intermediate deck board along a first side of the deck board and a male interlocking element spanning in the longitudinal direction along a second side of the deck board opposite the first side; whereby the female interlocking element is arranged to receive the male interlocking element of a first adjacent one of the deck boards that is adjacent the first side of the deck board and the male interlocking element is arranged to be received into the female interlocking element of a second adjacent one of the deck boards that is adjacent the second side of the deck board; the improvement comprising each deck board comprising: a main body forming a U-shaped, recessed channel spanning in the longitudinal direction along a top of the main body; and an insert body received within the recessed channel in the top of the main body and formed of a different material than the extruded body which defines the top surface of the deck board; wherein the main body comprises: