Patent ID: 8225571

Claim:
A device for fastening structural deck members which are adjacent and parallel to each other to a transverse underlying joist structure comprising: a base plate with first and second ends and a thickness; and a first vertical tab, integral with, and bent upwardly along a first bend line from an interior portion of the base plate, the bend occurring in a first direction to form a first interior angle between the first vertical tab and the second end of the base plate, a first fastener-receiving hole positioned in the first vertical tab, wherein a second fastener-receiving hole is positioned in the base plate between the first bend line and the second end, a second vertical tab, integral with, and bent upwardly along a second bend line from a first side edge of the base plate; and a third vertical tab, integral with, and bent upwardly along a third bend line from a second side edge of the base plate, wherein the second and third bend lines are co-linear and positioned between the first bend line and the second end, the bends each occurring in second direction opposite the first direction to form respective second and third interior angles between the respective second and third vertical tabs and the first end of the base plate.