Patent ID: 7374141
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Clips and covering in combination with a floor, deck or arena cover, comprising: one or more of the clips, at least one of the clips further comprising two plates, a spacer that connects the plates and that holds the plates apart by a gap, and at least one part of a hook-and-loop fastener attached to at least one of the plates opposite the other of the plates, wherein the clips clipped to the floor, deck or arena cover; and a sheet or tarp attached to the clips via each clip's hook-and-loop type fastener; wherein at least one of the clips further includes a rubberized coating on the other of the plates without the hook-and-loop type fastener, opposite the part of the hook-and-loop type faster on the clip, said rubberized coating adapted to help prevent ice melt from contact with the clips when the floor, deck or arena cover is an ice cover placed over ice in a hockey arena.