Patent Abstract:
Structures and protocols are presented for providing enhanced assembly tolerances (for thermal or manufacturing variations, e.g.) in constructing gazebos or other standalone decking systems, decks adjoining a house or other primary structure, or other such structures for walkways or human occupancy.

Full Description:
RELATED APPLICATIONS 
       [0001]    The present application claims benefit of priority of U.S. Prov. App. No. 61/959,379 and U.S. Prov. App. No. 61/959,380 (filed 22 Aug. 2013), both of which were filed within the twelve months preceding the filing date of the present application or is an application of which a currently co-pending application is entitled to the benefit of the filing date. 
     
    
     SUMMARY 
       [0002]    Various novel decking systems and methods are presented, each effective for deck assembly facilitation. In one or more various aspects, for example, a decking method includes but is not limited to mounting a deck fascia board to a deck joist and another deck fascia board to a deck rim joist and subsequently mounting a fascia-expansion-accommodation corner covering having a first mounting layer and a second mounting layer and a stress distribution hinge so that the first and second mounting layers each have a mounting surface and a fascia expansion overlap lip and so that the fascia expansion overlap lips each overlap an end of a respective one of the deck fascia boards. In some variants the corner covering may be made of a plastic or composite by molding, extruding, or planing operations. The stress distribution hinge operably couples the first mounting layer to the second mounting layer so that a half-plane adjacent the mounting surface of the first mounting layer and a half-plane adjacent the mounting surface of the second mounting layer are both bounded by a single line along the stress distribution hinge, so that the fascia expansion overlap lip of the first mounting layer is configured to remain against a first of the deck fascia boards (notwithstanding longitudinal expansion or contraction thereof, e.g.), and so that the fascia expansion overlap lip of the second mounting layer is configured to remain against a second of the deck fascia boards. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the disclosure set forth herein. 
         [0003]    An embodiment provides a decking system. In one implementation, the decking system includes but is not limited to a fascia-expansion-accommodation corner covering having a first mounting layer and a second mounting layer and a stress distribution hinge, the first and second mounting layers each having a mounting surface and a fascia expansion overlap lip, the stress distribution hinge operably coupling the first mounting layer to the second mounting layer so that a half-plane adjacent the mounting surface of the first mounting layer and a half-plane adjacent the mounting surface of the second mounting layer are both bounded by a single line along the stress distribution hinge and so that the fascia expansion overlap lip of the first mounting layer is configured to remain against a first deck fascia board notwithstanding a longitudinal expansion of the first deck fascia board and so that the fascia expansion overlap lip of the second mounting layer is configured to remain against a second deck fascia board notwithstanding a longitudinal expansion of the second deck fascia board. 
         [0004]    Some variants comprise a railpost support that includes a baseplate and a plurality of flexible finger mounts and a sleeve section, optionally made from sheet metal that is laser cut or stamped and punched and bent. One or more tensile elements (screws, e.g.) are configured to hold the baseplate removably in rigid engagement (metal-to-metal contact, e.g.) with at least a threaded portion of a railpost support interface. This can occur, for example, in a context in which one or more top surfaces of the railpost support interface are roughly even with (nominally flush with or within a few centimeters higher than) a walking surface of the deck (when adjacent decking boards are applied, e.g.) and in which the sleeve section is supported by the baseplate and supports the flexible finger mounts in contact with a railpost inserted into the sleeve section. 
         [0005]    In addition to the foregoing, various other method and/or system and/or program product aspects are set forth and described in the teachings such as text (e.g., claims and/or detailed description) and/or drawings of the present disclosure. The foregoing is a summary and thus may contain simplifications, generalizations, inclusions, and/or omissions of detail; consequently, those skilled in the art (professional or do-it-yourself deck builders, e.g.) will appreciate that the summary is illustrative only and is NOT intended to be in any way limiting. Other aspects, features, and advantages of the devices and/or processes and/or other subject matter described herein will become apparent by reference to the detailed description, the corresponding drawings, and/or in the teachings set forth herein. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES 
         [0006]      FIG. 1  depicts a deck mounted onto a primary structure (a house or commercial building, e.g.). 
           [0007]      FIG. 2  depicts a decking system comprising joists and fascia boards in relation to a railpost support interface. 
           [0008]      FIG. 3  depicts a railpost in relation to railpost support and boards of a deck. 
           [0009]      FIG. 4  depicts a bottom view of the railpost support of  FIG. 3 . 
           [0010]      FIG. 5  depicts a railpost support engaging a railpost support interface. 
           [0011]      FIG. 6  depicts a railpost inserted into a railpost support before engaging with a railpost support interface. 
           [0012]      FIG. 7  depicts an oblique view of a railpost support in relation to a deck bracket of a railpost support interface. 
           [0013]      FIG. 8  depicts a side view of the deck bracket of  FIG. 7 . 
           [0014]      FIG. 9  depicts a railpost support engaging a railpost support interface in relation to two joists of a decking system. 
           [0015]      FIG. 10  depicts deck fascia boards and a fascia expansion accommodation structure in relation to two joists of a decking system. 
           [0016]      FIG. 11  depicts several fascia expansion accommodation structures. 
           [0017]      FIG. 12  depicts several additional fascia expansion accommodation structures. 
           [0018]      FIG. 13  depicts several views of an additional fascia expansion accommodation structure. 
           [0019]      FIG. 14  depicts a decking system that incorporates the fascia expansion accommodation structure of  FIG. 13 . 
           [0020]      FIG. 15  depicts another decking system that incorporates the fascia expansion accommodation structure of  FIG. 13 . 
           [0021]      FIG. 16  depicts several additional fascia expansion accommodation structures. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0022]    For a more complete understanding of embodiments, reference now is made to the following descriptions taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. The use of the same symbols in different drawings typically indicates similar or identical items, unless context dictates otherwise. The illustrative embodiments described in the detailed description, drawings, and claims are not meant to be limiting. Other embodiments may be utilized, and other changes may be made, without departing from the spirit or scope of the subject matter presented here. 
         [0023]    In light of teachings herein, numerous existing techniques may be applied for implementing decking components with materials appropriate for achieving the significantly improved accommodation of thermal and assembly variations as described herein without undue experimentation. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 8,739,489 (“Decking system”); U.S. Pat. No. 8,714,887 (“Fascia counter-bore bit and fascia screw”); U.S. Pat. No. 8,516,777 (“Method of fabricating building wall panels”); U.S. Pat. No. 8,499,505 (“Pultruded trim members”); U.S. Pat. No. 8,371,556 (“Multi-function deck tool”); U.S. Pat. No. 8,322,097 (“Methods of constructing buildings and building appurtenances”); U.S. Pat. No. 8,291,647 (“Self-contained structure configurable as a shipping container and as a dwelling”); U.S. Pat. No. 8,272,190 (“Method of fabricating building wall panels”); U.S. Pat. No. 8,256,614 (“Interconnected and on-site severable deck clips with cooperating installation tool for joining two adjacent decking planks to an underlying support structure”); U.S. Pat. No. 8,091,500 (“Over-the-water dock”); U.S. Pat. No. 7,926,226 (“Deployable prefabricated structure with an extension structure that is sealable to the prefabricated structure upon deployment from the prefabricated structure”); U.S. Pat. No. 7,908,812 (“Decking system and anchoring device”); U.S. Pat. Pub. No. 2013/0111840 (“Kit and assembly for compensating for coefficients of thermal expansion of decoratively mounted panels”); U.S. Pat. Pub. No. 2012/0328823 (“Trim components for lapboard siding that are co-extruded from wood-plastic composites and polyvinyl chloride”); and U.S. Pat. Pub. No. 2006/0076545 (“Railing assemblies and related methods and apparatuses”). 
         [0024]      FIG. 1  depicts a context in which one or more technologies may be implemented. An unconventional deck  100  is mounted onto a primary structure  101  (a house or commercial building, e.g.) and adjoining a stairway (not shown). Deck  100  comprises several decking boards  182  laid across deck joists as shown and described below. Deck fascia boards  133  and border boards  181  cover portions of the deck joists and deck rim joists around the perimeter of the deck  100  as shown and described below. Various fascia expansion accommodation structures  104  allow for longitudinal variation (of the deck fascia boards  133 , e.g.) as shown and described below. Moreover a railing  108  comprises several removable railposts  105  that facilitate deck assembly while providing extra safety for occupants of deck  100  (from a dropoff  199 , e.g.), especially in a context in which a railpost  105  is not in direct contact with a joist. See  FIGS. 3-9 . Those skilled in the art will recognize that the systems and methods described below advance the state of the art significantly (in comparison with existing deck structures and techniques, e.g.) in terms of both quality and cost-effectiveness. 
         [0025]      FIG. 2  depicts a context in which one or more technologies may be implemented. Decking system  200  optionally implements particular aspects of deck  100  (in a variant in which deck fascia board  233  instantiates deck fascia board  133 , e.g.). Deck rim joist  234  optionally covers an end of deck joist  236  at a joist interface  208  as shown. Several fasteners  247  mount deck fascia board  233  directly on a joist surface  272  of deck rim joist  234  and other fasteners  246  permit deck fascia board  232  to be supported directly or indirectly by deck joist  236 . A railpost support interface  260  is mounted alongside or over deck rim joist  234  and optionally alongside and over deck joist  236  (by an overhang  249  of one or more centimeters, e.g.) by any of several support structures, such as those described in detail below. A rigid railpost support interface  260  (constructed of aluminum or a similarly stiff material, e.g.) is used for mounting a railpost support to one or more joists rather than relying upon a railpost that supports the weight of the deck (extending vertically to the ground or diagonally to a primary structure, e.g.) without a railpost  105  thereof coming into direct contact with the joist. Also as shown one or more deck fascia boards  232 ,  233  are cut short (by one or more centimeters, e.g.), leaving an endmost portion of a joist surface  272  of one or more perimeter joists (a deck rim joist or deck joist along a deck perimeter, e.g.) partly exposed at the time of initial deck assembly. 
         [0026]      FIG. 3  depicts another context in which one or more technologies may be implemented. As shown, railpost support  320  includes a sleeve section  315  supporting a plurality of flexible finger mounts  310  and mounted on a baseplate  311 . (See  FIG. 4  for a top-down view  321  of this structure.) Also as shown, deck  300  has been assembled in an atypical and significantly advantageous sequence made possible by its novel structure. The several fasteners  345  that rigidly engage railpost support  320  to railpost support interface  360  (optionally with metal-to-metal contact therebetween, e.g.) have been installed after some or all border boards  381  or decking boards  382  of deck  300  adjacent railpost support  320  have been fastened onto their respective joists (deck rim joist  234  or deck joist  236 , e.g.). This can occur in a variant in which railpost  305  instantiates railpost  105 , for example, or in which railpost support interface  360  instantiates railpost support interface  260 . Moreover in one or more optional aspects, railpost support  320  may comprise a composite or wooden railpost  305  having a diameter  355  of 5 to 20 centimeters, the railpost extending (downward, e.g.) into a gap among a plurality of flexible finger mounts  310  (each 5 to 50 centimeters in length and engaging railpost  305  with a plurality of fasteners  316 , e.g.) of the railpost support  320 . Such assembly methods (incorporating such a railpost support  320  rigidly attached in this way, e.g.) permit a railing to be made safe even at a site in which an adjacent dropoff  399  is substantial (exceeding 3 meters, e.g.), as further described below. 
         [0027]      FIG. 4  depicts a top view  321  of a primary component of the railpost support  320  depicted in  FIG. 3 . As shown baseplate  311  is a rounded square layer (of aluminum or other suitable metal, e.g.) having one or more access holes  430  therein totaling more than 10% of its area and welded (by an annular arrangement of one or more weldments  426 , e.g.) to sleeve section  315 . Moreover a fastener hole  424  at each of several corners facilitates the mounting of baseplate  311  onto railpost support interface  360  (before or after sleeve section  315  receives railpost  305 , e.g.). In some variants this can occur after the installation of one or more border boards  381  or decking boards  382  adjacent railpost support interface  360 , facilitating assembly. In this way a plurality of such fasteners (screws or other tensile elements configured to extend downward through the baseplate  311  into a threaded portion of the railpost support interface  360 , e.g.) may be configured to hold the baseplate  311  removably in rigid engagement with (an instance of) a railpost support interface  360  built into deck  300 . This can occur, for example, in a context in which a top surface of the railpost support interface  360  is nominally flush with a top of the decking boards  382 ; in which the sleeve section  315  is configured to be supported by the baseplate  311  and to support the flexible finger mounts  310  in contact with a railpost  305  inserted (nominally vertically, e.g.) into the sleeve section  315 . 
         [0028]      FIG. 5  depicts another context in which one or more technologies may be implemented, showing specifics of how a railpost support  520  (having a baseplate  511  and sleeve section  515  generally like those of the railpost support  320  of  FIG. 3 , e.g.) may be rigidly and removably supported by a railpost support interface  560  (generally like the railpost support interfaces  260 ,  360  depicted in  FIGS. 2 &amp; 3 , e.g.). In the variant of  FIG. 5 , the railpost support interface  560  (depicted in a darker pattern) provides such rigid support by several bosses  513  (four or more, e.g.) integrally formed or otherwise mounted onto a substrate  566  (at its periphery as shown, e.g.). A tubular undercarriage  515  or similar rigid support is affixed to one or more joists (deck rim joist  234  or deck joist  236 , e.g.) over which a portion of substrate  566  overhangs. Such overhang  549  may have a length of 3 to 15 centimeters, for example. 
         [0029]      FIG. 6  depicts another context in which one or more technologies may be implemented, showing specifics of how another system  600  incorporating railpost support  520  may be constructed and arranged. As shown there, railpost support  520  may optionally include a baseplate  611  and a pair of flexible finger mounts  610  and a sleeve section  615  therebetween, with railpost  605  being installed between finger mounts  610  and into sleeve section  615  before being mounted onto a railpost support interface  260 . In some contexts, this permits a factory assembly of railpost  605  into railpost support  520 , with an adhesive sealant in addition to or in lieu of fasteners affixing finger mount  610  into (opposite sides of) railpost  605 . In some contexts, for example, hot glue may be used for such assembly at all surfaces where railpost  605  is adjacent finger mount  610  or sleeve section  615 , reducing the vulnerability of the railpost  605  to water-induced deterioration. 
         [0030]      FIG. 7  depicts another context in which one or more technologies may be implemented, a system  700  for implementing several optional features in the deck  300  of  FIG. 3 . As shown in  FIG. 3 , railpost support  320  includes a baseplate  311  and several flexible finger mounts  710  each tapered (to become steadily narrower along a majority of its length, e.g.) to become progressively more flexible (tolerant of lateral bending, e.g.) at several places along its length but still thick enough (having a diameter of about 1 millimeter or more for a majority of its length, e.g.) to resist longitudinal stretching or compression. As shown, fasteners  316  are implemented as screws (1-5 centimeters in length, e.g.) that self-tap into respective corners of railpost  305 . Railpost support interface  360  is implemented, in the variant of  FIG. 7 , as a rigid deck bracket  714  (implemented in galvanized steel, aluminum, or a similar or more rigid material, e.g.) with an aesthetic covering (i.e. filler block  712 ). Deck bracket  714  (optionally painted, galvanized, or anodized) comprises several threaded bosses  713  mounted on a rigid substrate  766  (with a drain hole  730  as shown, e.g.) resembling the substrate  566  of  FIG. 5 , but welded onto two mounting layers that are welded together (one being mountable to one deck joist and other being mountable to a deck rim joist with self-tap screws  740 , e.g.). Screws  745  that pass through baseplate  311  are configured with threading to match that of corresponding threaded bosses  713  of the deck bracket  714  as shown. In some variants, filler block  712  and substrate  766  have a combined thickness nominally equal to that of border board  381  and decking board  382  as shown in  FIG. 3 . 
         [0031]      FIG. 8  depicts a side view of deck bracket  714 , showing further specifics about how weldments  826  may be used to attach the one or more mounting layers  767  thereof to substrate  766  and to deck bracket brace  836 . 
         [0032]      FIG. 9  depicts another context in which one or more technologies may be implemented. A railpost support interface  960  is firmly mounted onto undercarriage  915 , which optionally implements tubular undercarriage  515 , deck bracket  714 , or other such suitable structures for rigid mounting onto one or both joists as shown (i.e. each with a plurality of fasteners  940 ). Thereafter, atypically, railpost support  920  (implementing one of the railpost supports  320 ,  520  described above, e.g.) has been installed onto railpost support interface  960  and annular base trim  919  has been installed (around the sleeve section and over the baseplate and fasteners, e.g.) before and border boards  181  or decking boards  182  are installed onto the joists. This configuration is useful for clarity of illustration or to confirm dimensional appropriateness but is generally not as efficient (for production installation, e.g.) as methods described herein in which other deck components (decking boards  182 ,  382  and deck fascia boards  133 , e.g.) have been installed before railpost support  920 . 
         [0033]      FIG. 10  depicts another context in which one or more technologies may be implemented. A system  1000  comprises a convex-corner fascia expansion accommodation structure  1004  covering a 90° corner of a deck  100 ,  300  as described above. This can occur, for example, in a context in which deck fascia board  1033  instantiates deck fascia board  133  or in which border board  381  will soon be mounted over deck rim joist  1034  or deck joist  1036 . The fascia expansion accommodation structure  1004  has a first mounting layer  1042  and a second mounting layer  1043  and hinge operably coupling the mounting layers  1042 ,  1043  so that a half-plane adjacent the mounting surface of the first mounting layer and a half-plane adjacent the mounting surface of the second mounting layer are both bounded by a single line (nominally parallel to vertical axis  1071 , e.g.) along the hinge, as further described below. Deck fascia board  1032  and mounting layer  1042  are each mounted onto deck joist  1036  with a longitudinal gap  1053  therebetween (i.e. along a longitudinal axis  1072 ). Mounting layer  1042  has a fascia expansion overlap lip extending (leftward as shown) over (a front of) this longitudinal gap  1053  so that (part of) the lip remains laterally adjacent deck fascia board  1032  irrespective of a longitudinal expansion of or contraction of deck fascia board  1032 . Likewise deck fascia board  1033  and mounting layer  1043  are each mounted onto deck rim joist  1034  with a longitudinal gap therebetween, along a longitudinal axis  1073  corresponding to deck fascia board  1033 . Mounting layer  1043  likewise has a fascia expansion overlap lip extending (rightward as shown) over this latter longitudinal gap so that (part of) the lip remains laterally adjacent deck fascia board  1033  irrespective of a longitudinal expansion of or contraction of deck fascia board  1033 . 
         [0034]      FIG. 11  depicts another context in which one or more technologies may be implemented, including a top view of the convex-corner fascia expansion accommodation structure  1004  of  FIG. 10 . Insofar that stress distribution hinge  1141  is several centimeters in length (along axis  1071 , e.g.) and curved and somewhat more pliable than the structures it couples (by virtue of being 0.5 to 5 millimeters in thickness, e.g.), this structure provides sufficient rigidity and strength and is effective for preventing hinge damage by distributing structural tension laterally (orthogonal to vertical axis  1071 , e.g.) across a width of about a millimeter or more in response even to a significant hinging stress (deviating from a nominal angle by 1-5 degrees, e.g.) when the hinge is made of a suitable material (a vinyl or similar composite, e.g.). Convex-corner fascia expansion accommodation structure  1004  likewise includes first and second mounting layers  1155  that each include a mounting surface  1156  and a fascia expansion overlap lip  1150 . The stress distribution hinge  1141  operably couples the first mounting layer to the second mounting layer so that a half-plane  1162  adjacent the mounting surface of the first mounting layer and a half-plane adjacent the mounting surface of the second mounting layer are both bounded by a single line  1161  along the stress distribution hinge and so that the fascia expansion overlap lip  1150  of the first mounting layer  1155  is configured to remain laterally adjacent a first deck fascia board irrespective of a longitudinal expansion of or contraction of the first deck fascia board and so that the fascia expansion overlap lip of the second mounting layer is configured to remain laterally adjacent a second deck fascia board irrespective of a longitudinal expansion of or contraction of the second deck fascia board. 
         [0035]    Those skilled in the art will recognize that some list items may also function as other list items. Each such listed term should not be narrowed by any implication from other terms in the same list but should instead be understood in its broadest reasonable interpretation as understood by those skilled in the art. 
         [0036]    “Adhesed,” “adjacent,” “affixed,” “along,” “arranged,” “at least,” “at most,” “constructed,” “covering,” “first,” “from,” “further,” “integrally,” “irrespective,” “longitudinal,” “metallic,” “mounting,” “nominal,” “of,” “overlapping,” “recessed,” “remaining laterally adjacent,” “sealed,” “single,” “spanning,” “supporting,” “vertical,” “welded,” “toward,” or other such descriptors herein are used in their normal yes-or-no sense, not as terms of degree, unless context dictates otherwise. “To” is not used to articulate a mere intended purpose in phrases like “configured to,” moreover, but is used normally, in descriptively identifying a particular device or pattern that is actually performing or implementing a task or arrangement or to a structure that can serve this function without significant modification. “Substantially” is used herein (in relation to approximately ideal or aligned entities, e.g.) to refer to having a difference or deviation of at most about 2° or 2% or 2 millimeters, unless context dictates otherwise. Positional relation terms like “along” or “adjacent” are used herein to refer to nominal (substantially ideal, e.g.) relations, having a difference or deviation of at most about 2° or 2% or 2 millimeters, unless context dictates otherwise. 
         [0037]    In some variants of convex-corner fascia expansion accommodation structure  1004 , the half-plane  1162  adjacent the mounting surface  1156  of the first mounting layer  1155  and the half-plane  1162  adjacent the mounting surface  1156  of the second mounting layer  1155  form a nominal right angle configured to span both a joist (deck joist  236 , e.g.) that supports the first deck fascia board  232  and a joist (deck rim joist  234 , e.g.) that supports the second deck fascia board  233 . Insofar that this nominal angle is less than 180°, the fascia-expansion-accommodation corner covering may be described as a “convex-corner” fascia expansion accommodation structure. Moreover the fascia expansion overlap lips as shown may (optionally) each have a nominal lip length  1152  of at least about 2 millimeters or at most about 2 centimeters. Also as shown the gap depth  1154  created by longitudinally recessed surface  1151  behind the lip may likewise be at least about 2 millimeters (at least about equal to a thickness of the first deck fascia board, e.g.) or at most about 2 centimeters. Moreover the thicker portion of the mounting layers  1155  of  FIG. 11  (thicker than the respective fascia expansion overlap lips, e.g.) may be about 3 millimeters or more thick, so that they can accommodate a fastener slot  1148  in each mounting surface thereof that can receive fasteners that are later covered by slot cover  1149 , as shown. 
         [0038]      FIG. 11  also depicts a co-linear fascia expansion accommodation structure  1101  (not configured to accommodate a corner, e.g.). Also depicted are convex-corner fascia expansion accommodation structures  1102 ,  1103  in which the respective (instance of) half-plane  1162  adjacent the mounting surface  1156  of the first mounting layer  1155  and the respective half-plane  1162  adjacent the mounting surface  1156  of the second mounting layer  1155  form an obtuse angle (nominally equal to 135° or 150°, e.g.) spanning two joists that come together at an angle as shown in several instances described herein, such fascia-expansion-accommodation corner coverings each being an example of a “convex-corner” fascia expansion accommodation structure. 
         [0039]      FIG. 12  depicts another context in which one or more technologies may be implemented, a decking system  1200  depicted as (a top view of) three concave-corner fascia expansion accommodation structures  1201 ,  1202 ,  1203  (having respective nominal reflex angles  1268  of 210°, 225°, and 270° as shown). Each of these structures is a corner covering having first and second mounting layers  1155  and a stress distribution hinge  1241  therebetween, the layers each having a mounting surface  1256  and a fascia expansion overlap lip  1250  configured so that the stress distribution hinge  1241  operably couples the layers and so that a half-plane  1262  adjacent the mounting surface  1256  of the first mounting layer  1155  and a half-plane  1262  adjacent the mounting surface  1256  of the second mounting layer  1155  are both bounded by a single line  1261  (perpendicular to the page of  FIG. 12  and thus depicted as a dot in  FIG. 12 ) along the stress distribution hinge  1241  and so that the fascia expansion overlap lip  1250  of the first mounting layer is configured to remain laterally adjacent a first deck fascia board  1231  irrespective of a longitudinal expansion of or contraction of the first deck fascia board  1231  as shown (when deck fascia board  1232  is mounted on its corresponding joist, deck rim joist  1234 . Likewise the fascia expansion overlap lip of the second mounting layer  1155  is configured to remain laterally adjacent a second deck fascia board  1232  (mounted onto deck joist  1236 , e.g.) irrespective of a longitudinal expansion of or contraction of the second deck fascia board  1232 . 
         [0040]      FIG. 13  depicts another context in which one or more technologies may be implemented, a top view  1391  and oblique view  1392 , and side view  1393  of a convex-corner fascia expansion accommodation structure  1301  that can be used in various covering configurations.  FIG. 14  depicts one such configuration, a decking system  1400  comprising an assembly that includes the convex-corner fascia expansion accommodation structure  1301  assembled according to a method embodiment in which that assembly includes completing a corner assembly before the installation of a railpost support interface  260  (in replacing a rotted interface or component thereof, e.g.). The corner covering of  FIG. 14  comprises a plurality of mounting layers  1442 ,  1443  and a stress distribution hinge  1441  therebetween as shown. Mounting layer  1442  includes a fascia expansion overlap lip  1450  and a spacer  1421  (optionally made of the same material as deck fascia board  1432 , e.g.) that has a mounting surface  1156  in contact with deck rim joist  1434 , constructed and arranged so that the fascia expansion overlap lip  1450  of the first mounting layer  1442  remains laterally adjacent deck fascia board  1432  irrespective of a longitudinal expansion of or contraction of the first deck fascia board. Likewise mounting layer  1443  includes a fascia expansion overlap lip  1450  and a spacer  1422  that has a mounting surface in contact with deck joist  1436 , constructed and arranged so that the fascia expansion overlap lip  1450  of the second mounting layer  1443  remains laterally adjacent the second deck fascia board  1433  irrespective of a longitudinal expansion of or contraction of the second deck fascia board  1433  (by providing a longitudinal gap  1053  behind that lip of at least about 0.5 millimeters and at most about 5 millimeters, e.g.). 
         [0041]      FIG. 15  depicts another decking system  1500  that includes the convex-corner fascia expansion accommodation structure  1301  of  FIG. 13 . The fascia-expansion-accommodation corner covering of  FIG. 15  comprises a plurality of mounting layers  1542 ,  1543  and a stress distribution hinge  1541  therebetween as shown, the mounting layers  1542 ,  1543  each including a fascia expansion overlap lip  1550 . Moreover a contiguous deck fascia board  1532  is configured to support layer  1542  (in lieu of spacer  1421  and in lieu of a greatly thickened portion like those depicted in  FIGS. 11 &amp; 12 , e.g.). This is feasible, in the system  1500  of  FIG. 15 , by virtue of one or more fastener non-engagement apertures  1586  in deck fascia board  1532  long enough to permit horizontal slippage of an endmost portion of fascia board  1532  (more than one millimeter in length along axis  1572 , e.g.) without deck fascia board  1532  directly pushing or pulling on the gap-spanning fasteners  1596  that support layer  1542  (relative to deck joist  1536 , e.g.) longitudinally along axis  1572 . Likewise one or more fastener non-engagement apertures  1586  (visible in cutaway view  1587 , e.g.) long enough to permit horizontal slippage of an endmost portion of fascia board  1533  (more than one millimeter in length along axis  1573 , e.g.) without deck fascia board  1532  directly causing a longitudinal dislocation of the fasteners  1596  that support layer  1543  (relative to deck rim joist  1534 , e.g.). As shown deck fascia board  1532  is affixed tightly to deck joist  1536  by one or more fascia board fasteners  1546 . Likewise deck fascia board  1533  is affixed tightly to deck rim joist  1534  by one or more fascia board fasteners  1546 . Also deck fascia boards  1532 ,  1533  each have one or more fastener non-engagement apertures  1586  through which one or more gap-spanning fasteners  1596  that support the fascia-expansion-accommodation corner covering pass (slidably engaging or not engaging the respective deck fascia boards  1532 ,  1533 ). 
         [0042]      FIG. 16  depicts another context in which one or more technologies may be implemented, a decking system  1600  that includes the convex-corner fascia expansion accommodation structure  1301  depicted in  FIGS. 13-15  with regard to joists nominally mounted at right angles (like those of  FIGS. 2 &amp; 9 , e.g.). System  1600  provides an inventory that also includes a co-linear fascia expansion accommodation structure  1601  and a plurality of convex-corner fascia expansion accommodation structures  1602  (for use in contexts like those described above with joists at obtuse angles, e.g.). See  FIG. 11 . The inventory of system  1600  likewise includes a plurality of concave-corner fascia expansion accommodation structures  1603  (for use in contexts like those described above with joists at reflex angles, e.g.). See  FIG. 12 . 
         [0043]    In some variants (of deck  100  or deck  300 , e.g.), the respective first mounting layers  1442  and second mounting layers  1443  thereof may be configured generally as described with regard to  FIG. 14  insofar that each fascia-expansion-accommodation corner covering in the inventory of system  1600  (having a substantially uniform nominal thickness  1653  of at least about 0.5 millimeters and at most about 5 millimeters over at least 80% of the area thereof, e.g.) may be configured to include a corresponding fascia expansion accommodation structure (as shown in  FIG. 16 ) and first and second spacers  1421 ,  1422 . In use at least a single “first” fastener  1446  may hold the first spacer  1421  in contact with both a fascia expansion accommodation structure  1301 ,  1602 ,  1603  and the first joist (a deck rim joist  1234 ,  1434  as described above, e.g.). Likewise a “second” fastener  1447  may hold the second spacer  1422  in contact with both the fascia expansion accommodation structure and the second joist (a deck joist  1236 ,  1436  as described above, e.g.). 
         [0044]    Alternatively or additionally, the respective first mounting layers  1542  and second mounting layers  1543  thereof may be configured generally as described with regard to  FIG. 15  insofar that each fascia-expansion-accommodation corner covering in the inventory (having a substantially uniform nominal thickness  1653  of at least about 0.5 millimeters and at most about 5 millimeters over at least 80% of the area thereof, e.g.) may be affixed (in use) to the first and second joists each by a plurality of fascia board fasteners, the first and second deck fascia boards each having a fastener non-engagement aperture  1586  through which one or more gap-spanning fasteners  1596  that support the fascia-expansion-accommodation corner covering pass. 
         [0045]    One skilled in the art will recognize that the herein described components (e.g., operations), devices, objects, and the discussion accompanying them are used as examples for the sake of conceptual clarity and that various configuration modifications are contemplated. Consequently, as used herein, the specific exemplars set forth and the accompanying discussion are intended to be representative of their more general classes. In general, use of any specific exemplar is intended to be representative of its class, and the non-inclusion of specific components (e.g., operations), devices, and objects should not be taken limiting. 
         [0046]    With respect to the use of substantially any plural and/or singular terms herein, those having skill in the art can translate from the plural to the singular and/or from the singular to the plural as is appropriate to the context and/or application. The various singular/plural permutations are not expressly set forth herein for sake of clarity. 
         [0047]    The herein described subject matter sometimes illustrates different components contained within, or connected with, different other components. It is to be understood that such depicted architectures are merely exemplary, and that in fact many other architectures may be implemented which achieve the same functionality. In a conceptual sense, any arrangement of components to achieve the same functionality is effectively “associated” such that the desired functionality is achieved. Hence, any two components herein combined to achieve a particular functionality can be seen as “associated with” each other such that the desired functionality is achieved, irrespective of architectures or intermedial components. Likewise, any two components so associated can also be viewed as being “operably connected”, or “operably coupled,” to each other to achieve the desired functionality, and any two components capable of being so associated can also be viewed as being “operably couplable,” to each other to achieve the desired functionality. Specific examples of operably couplable include but are not limited to physically mateable and/or physically interacting components, and/or wirelessly interactable, and/or wirelessly interacting components, and/or logically interacting, and/or logically interactable components. 
         [0048]    In some instances, one or more components may be referred to herein as “configured to,” “configurable to,” “operable/operative to,” “adapted/adaptable,” “able to,” “conformable/conformed to,” etc. Those skilled in the art will recognize that “configured to” can generally encompass active-state components and/or inactive-state components and/or standby-state components, unless context requires otherwise. 
         [0049]    While particular aspects of the present subject matter described herein have been shown and described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that, based upon the teachings herein, changes and modifications may be made without departing from the subject matter described herein and its broader aspects and, therefore, the appended claims are to encompass within their scope all such changes and modifications as are within the true spirit and scope of the subject matter described herein. It will be understood by those within the art that, in general, terms used herein, and especially in the appended claims (e.g., bodies of the appended claims) are generally intended as “open” terms (e.g., the term “including” should be interpreted as “including but not limited to,” the term “having” should be interpreted as “having at least,” the term “includes” should be interpreted as “includes but is not limited to,” etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is intended, such an intent will be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the absence of such recitation no such intent is present. For example, as an aid to understanding, the following appended claims may contain usage of the introductory phrases “at least one” and “one or more” to introduce claim recitations. However, the use of such phrases should not be construed to imply that the introduction of a claim recitation by the indefinite articles “a” or “an” limits any particular claim containing such introduced claim recitation to claims containing only one such recitation, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases “one or more” or “at least one” and indefinite articles such as “a” or “an” (e.g., “a” and/or “an” should typically be interpreted to mean “at least one” or “one or more”); the same holds true for the use of definite articles used to introduce claim recitations. In addition, even if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is explicitly recited, those skilled in the art will recognize that such recitation should typically be interpreted to mean at least the recited number (e.g., the bare recitation of “two recitations,” without other modifiers, typically means at least two recitations, or two or more recitations). Furthermore, in those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, and C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, and C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). In those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, or C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, or C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that typically a disjunctive word and/or phrase presenting two or more alternative terms, whether in the description, claims, or drawings, should be understood to contemplate the possibilities of including one of the terms, either of the terms, or both terms unless context dictates otherwise. For example, the phrase “A or B” will be typically understood to include the possibilities of “A” or “B” or “A and B” in respective included configurations. 
         [0050]    With respect to the numbered clauses and claims expressed below, all terms therein identify or describe one or more entities described above with particularity. With regard to methods described herein, those skilled in the art will appreciate that recited operations may generally be performed in any order, unless context dictates otherwise. Also, although various operational flows are presented in a sequence(s), it should be understood that the various operations may be performed in other orders than those which are illustrated, or may be performed concurrently. Examples of such alternate orderings may include overlapping, interleaved, interrupted, reordered, incremental, preparatory, supplemental, simultaneous, reverse, or other variant orderings, unless context dictates otherwise. Furthermore, terms like “responsive to,” “related to,” or other past-tense adjectives are generally not intended to exclude such variants, unless context dictates otherwise. Also in the numbered clauses below, specific combinations of aspects and embodiments are articulated in a shorthand form such that (1) according to respective embodiments, for each instance in which a “component” or other such identifiers appear to be introduced (with “a” or “an,” e.g.) more than once in a given chain of clauses, such designations may either identify the same entity or distinct entities; and (2) what might be called “dependent” clauses below may or may not incorporate, in respective embodiments, the features of “independent” clauses to which they refer or other features described above. 
       CLAUSES 
       [0051]    1. A decking system comprising: 
         [0052]    a fascia-expansion-accommodation corner covering (any of fascia expansion accommodation structures  104 ,  1004 ,  1102 ,  1103 ,  1201 ,  1202 ,  1203 ,  1301 ,  1602 ,  1603 , e.g.) having a first mounting layer and a second mounting layer and a stress distribution hinge, the first and second mounting layers each having a mounting surface and a fascia expansion overlap lip (any of lips  1150 ,  1250 ,  1450 ,  1550 , e.g.), the stress distribution hinge (any of hinges  1141 ,  1241 ,  1441 ,  1541 , e.g.) operably coupling the first mounting layer to the second mounting layer so that a half-plane (either of  1162 ,  1262 , e.g.) adjacent the mounting surface of the first mounting layer and a half-plane adjacent the mounting surface of the second mounting layer are both bounded by a single line (substantially) along the stress distribution hinge and so that the fascia expansion overlap lip of the first mounting layer is configured to remain laterally (substantially) adjacent a first deck fascia board (any of deck fascia boards  133 ,  232 ,  233 ,  1032 ,  1033 ,  1231 ,  1232 ,  1432 ,  1433 ,  1532 ,  1533 , e.g.) irrespective of a longitudinal expansion of or contraction of the first deck fascia board (of deck fascia board  1032  along axis  1072  or of deck fascia board  1033  along axis  1073 , e.g.) and so that the fascia expansion overlap lip of the second mounting layer is configured to remain laterally adjacent a second deck fascia board irrespective of a longitudinal expansion of or contraction of the second deck fascia board. 
         [0053]    2. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0054]    the fascia expansion overlap lip (lip  1250 , e.g.) of the first mounting layer being less than half as thick as a remainder of the first mounting layer (mounting layer  1155 , e.g.), the fascia expansion overlap lip of the second mounting layer being less than half as thick as a remainder of the second mounting layer. 
         [0055]    3. The decking system of SYSTEM CLAUSE 1 further comprising: 
         [0056]    the fascia expansion overlap lip (lip  1450 , e.g.) of the first mounting layer being about as thick (within a factor of two, e.g.) as a remainder of the first mounting layer (either of layers  1442 ,  1443 , e.g.), the fascia expansion overlap lip of the second mounting layer being about as thick as a remainder of the second mounting layer. 
         [0057]    4. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0058]    a first joist (any of deck rim joists  234 ,  1434  or deck joists  236 ,  1436 , e.g.); a second joist; 
         [0059]    the first deck fascia board, being affixed to the first joist by a plurality of fascia board fasteners; and 
         [0060]    the second deck fascia board, being affixed to the second joist by a plurality of fascia board fasteners, the fascia-expansion-accommodation corner covering including a fascia expansion accommodation structure and first and second spacers, a first fastener  1446  holding the first spacer  1421  in contact with both the fascia expansion accommodation structure  1301  and the first joist, a second fastener  1447  holding the second spacer  1422  in contact with both the fascia expansion accommodation structure  1301  and the second joist, the fascia-expansion-accommodation corner covering including the fascia expansion overlap lip of the first mounting layer and including the fascia expansion overlap lip of the second mounting layer, the first spacer being a component of the first mounting layer and about as thick as the first deck fascia board  1432 , the second spacer being a component of the second mounting layer and about as thick as the second deck fascia board  1433 . 
         [0061]    5. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES 1-3 further comprising: 
         [0062]    a first joist; 
         [0063]    a second joist; 
         [0064]    the first deck fascia board, being affixed to the first joist by a plurality of fascia board fasteners; and 
         [0065]    the second deck fascia board, being affixed to the second joist by a plurality of fascia board fasteners, the first and second deck fascia boards each having a fastener non-engagement aperture (item  1586 , e.g.) through which one or more gap-spanning fasteners (item  1596 , e.g.) that support the fascia-expansion-accommodation corner covering pass. 
         [0066]    6. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0067]    the single line being substantially vertical (within at most about 2°, e.g). 
         [0068]    7. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0069]    the stress distribution hinge having a length (in a direction parallel to the single line, e.g.) of at least about 2 centimeters. 
         [0070]    8. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0071]    the stress distribution hinge having a length (in a direction parallel to the single line, e.g.) of at most about 20 centimeters. 
         [0072]    9. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0073]    the stress distribution hinge being at least about 0.5 millimeters thick (at its thinnest position, e.g.). 
         [0074]    10. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0075]    the stress distribution hinge being at most about 5 millimeters thick (at its thinnest position, e.g.). 
         [0076]    11. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0077]    an entirety of the stress distribution hinge being at least 2 millimeters from the single line along the stress distribution hinge. 
         [0078]    12. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0079]    an entirety of the stress distribution hinge being at most 2 centimeters from the single line along the stress distribution hinge. 
         [0080]    13. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0081]    the half-plane adjacent (at least) the mounting surface of (at least) the first mounting layer and (at least) the half-plane adjacent (at least) the mounting surface of (at least) the second mounting layer forming a (nominal) right angle spanning (at least) both a joist that supports the first deck fascia board and a joist that supports the second deck fascia board, the fascia-expansion-accommodation corner covering being a convex-corner fascia expansion accommodation structure. 
         [0082]    14. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0083]    the half-plane adjacent the mounting surface of the first mounting layer and the half-plane adjacent the mounting surface of the second mounting layer forming an obtuse angle (nominally equal to 135° or 150°, e.g.) spanning both a joist that supports the first deck fascia board and a joist that supports the second deck fascia board, the fascia-expansion-accommodation corner covering being a convex-corner fascia expansion accommodation structure (any of items  1004 ,  1102 ,  1103 ,  1301 ,  1602 , e.g.). 
         [0084]    15. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES 1-13 further comprising: 
         [0085]    the half-plane adjacent the mounting surface of the first mounting layer and the half-plane adjacent the mounting surface of the second mounting layer forming a reflex angle (reflex angle  1268 , e.g.) spanning both a joist that supports the first deck fascia board (deck fascia board  1231 , e.g.) and a joist that supports the second deck fascia board (deck fascia board  1232 , e.g.), the fascia-expansion-accommodation corner covering being a concave-corner fascia expansion accommodation structure (any of items  1201 ,  1202 ,  1203 ,  1603 , e.g.). 
         [0086]    16. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0087]    the first and second mounting layers (any of layers  1042 ,  1043 ,  1155 ,  1442 ,  1443 ,  1542 ,  1543 , e.g.) and the stress distribution hinge all having been formed of a single composition (vinyl or a mixture comprising a polymer, e.g.). 
         [0088]    17. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0089]    the first mounting layer having a longitudinally recessed surface  1151  that forms a gap depth (between the fascia expansion overlap lip of the first mounting layer and the half-plane  1162 ,  1262  adjacent the mounting surface  1156 ,  1256  of the first mounting layer, e.g.) of at least about 2 millimeters, the gap depth being at least about equal to a thickness of the first deck fascia board. 
         [0090]    18. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0091]    the first mounting layer having a longitudinally recessed surface that forms a gap depth (depth  1154 , e.g.) of at most about 2 centimeters, the gap depth being at least about equal to a thickness of the first deck fascia board. 
         [0092]    19. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0093]    the first and second mounting layers (any of layers  1042 ,  1043 ,  1155 ,  1442 ,  1443 ,  1542 ,  1543 , e.g.) each having a nominal thickness of at least about 0.5 millimeters. 
         [0094]    20. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0095]    the first and second mounting layers and the stress distribution hinge (any of hinges  1141 ,  1241 ,  1441 ,  1541 , e.g.) all having been formed integrally by a single injection molding process (with one or more other processes but without a second injection molding process, e.g.) 
         [0096]    21. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0097]    the first and second mounting layers each having a nominal thickness of at most about 5 millimeters. 
         [0098]    22. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0099]    the first and second mounting layers (any of layers  1042 ,  1043 ,  1155 ,  1442 ,  1443 ,  1542 ,  1543 , e.g.) each having a nominal thickness of at least about 3 millimeters. 
         [0100]    23. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0101]    the first and second mounting layers each having a nominal thickness of at most about 3 centimeters. 
         [0102]    24. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0103]    the fascia expansion overlap lips (any of lips  1150 ,  1250 ,  1450 ,  1550 , e.g.) each having a nominal length of at least about 2 millimeters. 
         [0104]    25. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0105]    the fascia expansion overlap lips each having a nominal length of at most about 2 centimeters. 
         [0106]    26. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0107]    the fascia expansion overlap lips each having a length greater than its thickness. 
         [0108]    27. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0109]    a railpost support interface (any of interfaces  260 ,  360 ,  960 , e.g.) that includes a first mounting layer and a second mounting layer welded together and both welded to a substrate of the railpost support interface, the first mounting layer of the railpost support interface constructed and arranged to be supported by a first joist that also supports the first deck fascia board (any of deck fascia boards  133 ,  232 ,  1032 ,  1232 ,  1433 ,  1532 , e.g.), the second mounting layer of the railpost support interface being constructed and arranged to be supported by a second joist that also supports the second deck fascia board. 
         [0110]    28. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0111]    a railpost support interface that includes a substrate supporting several baseplate support bosses (four or more bosses  513 ,  713 , e.g.) and a rigid undercarriage welded to the substrate, the railpost support interface being supported by one or more fasteners having been (inserted through a joist and) self-tapped into the undercarriage, the railpost support interface constructed and arranged to be supported by (at least) a first joist that also supports the first deck fascia board. 
         [0112]    29. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0113]    a railpost support (any of items  320 ,  520 ,  920 , e.g.) that includes a baseplate and a plurality of flexible finger mounts and a sleeve section, one or more tensile elements (screws configured to extend downward through the baseplate into a threaded portion of the railpost support interface, e.g.) being configured to hold the baseplate removably in rigid engagement with a railpost support interface mounted adjacent at least one of the first deck fascia board or the second deck fascia board, (a top of the railpost support interface being nominally flush with a top of the deck, e.g.) the sleeve section configured to be supported by the baseplate and to support the flexible finger mounts in contact with a railpost inserted (nominally vertically, e.g.) into the sleeve section. 
         [0114]    30. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0115]    a deck (deck  100  or deck  300 , e.g.) comprising first and second joists and the first deck fascia board mounted on the first joist and the second deck fascia board mounted on the second joist and the fascia-expansion-accommodation corner covering substantially covering both a front of an end portion of the first deck fascia board and a front of an end portion of the second deck fascia board. 
         [0116]    31. The decking system of any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES further comprising: 
         [0117]    a deck that includes the fascia-expansion-accommodation corner covering, the first and second deck fascia boards, and one or more other deck or deck railing components identified in the respective SYSTEM CLAUSE(S). 
         [0118]    32. A decking method comprising: 
         [0119]    configuring a first joist and a second joist to form a corner therebetween; mounting a first deck fascia board medially covering a front of the first joist but not distally covering the front of the first joist; 
         [0120]    mounting a second deck fascia board medially covering a front of the second joist but not distally covering the front of the second joist; 
         [0121]    mounting a fascia-expansion-accommodation corner covering as described in any of the above SYSTEM CLAUSES so that the fascia expansion overlap lip of the first mounting layer thereof is configured to remain in front of (laterally adjacent, e.g.) the first deck fascia board irrespective of a longitudinal expansion of or contraction of the first deck fascia board and so that the fascia expansion overlap lip of the second mounting layer thereof is configured to remain in front of (laterally adjacent, e.g.) a second deck fascia board irrespective of a longitudinal expansion of or contraction of the second deck fascia board. 
         [0122]    All of the patents and other publications referred to above (not including websites) are incorporated herein by reference generally—including those identified in relation to particular new applications of existing techniques—to the extent not inconsistent herewith. While various system, method, article of manufacture, or other embodiments or aspects have been disclosed above, also, other combinations of embodiments or aspects will be apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the above disclosure. The various embodiments and aspects disclosed above are for purposes of illustration and are not intended to be limiting, with the true scope and spirit being indicated in the final claim set that follows.

Technology Classification (CPC): 4