Patent ID: 6073409
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
In a flooring construction which comprises a plurality of floor boards situated in side-by-side relationship superposed and transversely spanning a plurality of elongated spaced parallel supporting channel means on a foundation, and fastening means holding said floor boards to said channel means, the improvement for anchoring said channel means to said foundation which comprises a plurality of step-shaped anchoring clip means comprising a first horizontal flat surface top step member, a second vertical flat surface middle riser member having two sides, and a third horizontal flat surface bottom step member; said top step member comprises an outside end and an inside end having two open slots located opposite each other at each side of said riser member at the junction of said first member and said riser member at which junction said top step member extends transversely from the top of said riser member in a first horizontal direction; said third member comprises a horizontal flat rectangular surface having an aperture for receiving fastening means, and which bottom step member extends transversely from the bottom of said riser member in a second horizontal direction facing opposite from the direction of said top step member; said supporting channel means having two vertical side panel members and a bottom panel member defined between said two sides in which at least one said vertical side panel comprises a deflexure slot means for engagement of said anchoring clip means with said channel means; said anchoring clip means having said top step members extending through said deflexure slots means in engagement therewith; and further comprises said bottom step members engaged by fastening means through said apertures with said foundation.