Patent ID: 8910442

Claim:
A method of assembling a deck structure, the method comprising: providing a joist member which is elongate in a longitudinal direction and which comprises an undercut portion extending in the longitudinal along a length of the joist member; providing a plurality of deck boards, each having laterally opposing side edges arranged to span across the joist member parallel and laterally adjacent to one another and transversely to the longitudinal direction of the joist member; providing a plurality of mounting clips, in which each mounting clip comprises an intermediate body, a first retainer flange protruding from one side of the intermediate body, a second retainer flange protruding from an opposing side of the intermediate body relative to the first retainer flange, and a hook portion; and positioning each mounting clip by: engaging the hook portion with the undercut portion of the joist member such that the mounting clip cannot be lifted from the joist member by pivoting the intermediate body relative to the joist member from a disengaged position to an engaged position of the mounting clip relative to the joist member; and inserting the intermediate body between an adjacent pair of the deck boards such that: i) the first retainer flange protrudes laterally into the side edge of one of the deck boards of said adjacent pair, ii) the second retainer flange protrudes laterally into the side edge of the other one of the deck boards of said adjacent pair, and iii) the mounting clip is restricted from pivotal movement from the engaged position to the disengaged position by the engagement of the retainer flanges with the deck boards.