US 11,719,004 B2
System and method for decking tiles
Christopher Michael Schneider, Linwood, NJ (US); Simon Rafael Marin, Egg Harbor Township, NJ (US); and Patrick Joseph Bertke, Mays Landing, NJ (US)
Assigned to BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC., Middleburgh Heights, OH (US)
Filed by Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc., Middleburg Heights, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/487,080.
Application 17/487,080 is a continuation of application No. 16/788,378, filed on Feb. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,156,005.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/866,152, filed on Jun. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0120094 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E04F 15/02 (2006.01); E04B 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 15/02194 (2013.01) [E04B 1/003 (2013.01); E04F 15/02183 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A deck tile apparatus, comprising:
a base comprising first and second horizontal bars to contact a surface on which the deck tile is placed, wherein the base has an opening between the first and second bars to accommodate an uneven feature of the surface;
first and second side walls extending vertically upward from respective edges of the base, wherein a set of locking mechanisms are positioned along the first and second side walls, wherein each set of the locking mechanisms include a vertically oriented flexible lever to lockably engage with a notch of an adjacent deck tile apparatus, and a vertically oriented notch to lockably engage with a lever of the adjacent deck tile apparatus;
a base strip extending horizontally between an upper edge of the first side wall and an upper edge of the second side wall; and
first and second clip fastening members extending upwardly from the base strip to retain a deck board within a cavity between the first and second clip fastening members.