Patent ID: 8474196

Claim:
A decking system, comprising: a plurality of elongated deck members, each one of said plurality of elongated deck members for placement in a lateral side-by-side relation with another one of said plurality of elongated deck members across a subsurface; each of said plurality of elongated deck members having a top deck portion, opposed first and second downwardly extending sides and a plurality of laterally spaced and longitudinally extending leg members extending downwardly from said top deck portion between said first and second sides, wherein said first side has formed thereon a first outwardly and laterally extending longitudinal flange and wherein said second side has formed thereon a second outwardly and laterally extending longitudinal flange; and an elongated connector for connecting adjacent first and second deck members of said plurality of deck members, said connector having a horizontal base portion parallel to said subsurface, said horizontal base portion having formed thereon first and second laterally spaced and upwardly extending sidewalls, and an interconnecting wall extending between said first and second sidewalls forming an upwardly opening channel adapted to receive therein in an overlapping relation said first longitudinal flange of said first deck member and said second longitudinal flange of said second deck member forming a longitudinal gutter disposed between said top deck portions of said first and said second deck members.