Patent ID: 7517270

Claim:
A construction system, comprising: a first and a second construction element each having a first passageway which extends therethrough, and each having a top surface and a bottom surface; a fastener body having a support member which has opposite first and second ends, and wherein the fastener body further has a first and a second portion which are disposed in predetermined spaced relation, one relative to the other, and which extend normally outwardly relative to the opposite first and second ends of the support member, and wherein the first and second portions of the fastener body each define a longitudinally extending second passageway, and which each are dimensioned so as to be individually telescopingly received through the top surfaces of the first and second construction elements and within the respective first passageways therein, and wherein the first and second portions of the fastener body each have a first end, and an opposite second end, and a circumscribing groove is located at the first ends, and a partially circumscribing flange is located at the second ends, and wherein the circumscribing flanges matingly engage the respective first and second construction elements; and a locking member having a support member which has opposite first and second ends, and wherein the locking member further has a first and a second portion which are disposed in predetermined spaced relation one relative to the other, and which extend normally outwardly relative to the opposite first and second ends of the support member, and wherein the first and second portions of the locking member each have a first end, and an opposite second end, and a discontinuous flange is located at the second end, and wherein the first and second portions of the locking member are dimensioned to be individually telescoping received through the bottom surfaces of the first and second construction elements and within the respective second passageways defined by the first and second portions of the fastener body, and wherein the discontinuous flange of the first and second portions of the locking member respectively engage the circumscribing grooves of the first and second portions of the fastener body to secure the fastener body to the first and second construction elements.