Patent ID: 8256614

Claim:
A deck assembling system utilizing interconnected and on-site severable deck clips with cooperating installation tool for joining two adjacent decking planks to an underlying support structure, wherein the two adjacent decking planks have edges, comprising: a) deck clips; and b) an installation tool; wherein said deck clips are interconnected; wherein said deck clips having a body, a generally cylindrically-shaped pin extending from said body, and at least one arm attached at the top to said body, attached at one side to said pin, and the other side attached to an arm of an adjacent clip; wherein said deck clips are on-site severable; wherein said deck clips are for attaching to the underlying support structure; wherein said deck clips are for engaging the two adjacent decking planks so as to fasten the two adjacent decking planks to the underlying support structure without a need for nails or screws to pass through the two adjacent decking planks; wherein said installation tool is hand-held; and wherein said installation tool removably receives a number of said deck clips, and feeds said deck clips one at a time for fastening to the underlying support structure, and when a deck clip is fastened to the underlying support structure, said deck clip is severed from the other deck clips in said installation tool and a next deck clip is feed by way of said installation tool for attaching to the underlying support structure and for engaging the two adjacent decking planks.