Patent ID: 9145673
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A deck clip for use in assembling a deck, the deck including deck tiles defined by floor boards connected to furring strips mounted on parallel sleepers, or for resurfacing an existing deck, the deck including exposed joists, the deck clip comprising a planar base; holes in the base for receiving fasteners for connecting the clip to one of the sleepers or to an exposed joist of an existing deck; an inverted L-shaped hook including a web extending vertically upwardly from one end of the base having a top end spaced from one end of the base and a planar ledge extending horizontally from the top end of the web in a direction away from the base having an outer free end for insertion between the floor boards and furring strips of two adjacent deck tiles and engaging the furring strips of the two adjacent deck tiles; and barbs extending upwardly from the base on each side of a longitudinal axis of the base for engaging and retaining furring strips of third and fourth deck tiles.