Patent ID: 6317915
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
In a deck framing system having structural framing members that support a deck panel structure, individual deck panels inserted between pairs of the framing members, supporting rods extending downward through the top of the framing members and being provided with (a) a support nut that is located below the top of the framing member and is sized to maintain the framing member in a supported fashion and (b) a secondary nut that is located above the top of the framing member, an insulating subassembly comprising:an insulating washer disposed about the supporting rod and interposed between the secondary nut and the top of the framing member, andan insulating retainer clip moveable between a deformed position and a substantially non-deformed position and received in the lower portion of the top of the framing member, wherein the insulating retainer clip is constructed and arranged to be securably received within the contours of the framing member and is also constructed and arranged to be releasably mountable on the support nut.