Patent ID: 7886494

Claim:
A multiple bracket decking apparatus, comprising, in combination: a first bracket selectively attached to an existing structure, the first bracket disposed between the existing structure and an existing initial deck board, the first bracket having a first bracket side spaced apart from a second bracket side, a first bracket end spaced apart from a second bracket end, a front surface, the first bracket further comprising: a cutout within the first bracket side; a cutout base within the cutout a u-shaped fold extended from the cutout base, the u-shaped fold having a projected tang extended outwardly from the front surface, a base extended perpendicularly from the projected tang, a second side extended perpendicularly from the base, the second side extended from the cutout base, the projected tang positioning the initial deck board and existing structure with a space therebetween; a raised channel within the front surface, the raised channel having a first channel end spaced apart from a second channel end; a pair of orifices comprising a first orifice spaced apart from a second orifice, the first orifice proximal to the first bracket end, the second orifice proximal to the second bracket end; a second bracket selectively attached to an existing joist perpendicularly disposed to the existing structure, the second bracket attached between the initial deck board and an existing adjoining deck board, the second bracket comprising: a bottom rectangle, the bottom rectangle having a bottom rectangle top; a plurality of spaced apart orifices within the bottom rectangle; an upper rectangle spaced apart from the bottom rectangle, the upper rectangle further comprising: a pair of spaced apart tangs perpendicularly affixed atop the upper rectangle, the tangs comprising a first tang and a second tang, the tangs extended from the upper rectangle in opposite directions, the first tang abutting an adjoining deck board, the second tang abutting the initial deck board, the tangs forming a space between the deck boards; a notch between the first tang and the second tang; a midsection disposed between the bottom rectangle top and the upper rectangle bottom, the midsection comprising: a first slant spaced apart from a second slant, the first slant extended from the bottom rectangle top to an upper extension, the upper extension connected to the upper rectangle bottom, the second slant connected to a lower extension connected to the bottom rectangle top; a 90 degree bend extended from the upper extension to the lower extension; a third bracket selectively attached externally to an existing support and in abutment to a final deck board, the third bracket comprising a rectangular section having a section top, the third bracket further comprising: a plurality of spaced apart orifices disposed within the rectangular section; a right angle bend disposed at the section top; a third bracket tang extended perpendicularly upward from the right angle bend.