US 11,898,585 B2
Decking hanger system and decking hanger
Patrick Allen Bodwell, Auburn, CA (US); and Jeffrey Reino Martin, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to VERCO DECKING, INC., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by Verco Decking, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/498,086.
Application 17/498,086 is a continuation of application No. 16/228,001, filed on Dec. 20, 2018, granted, now 11,168,719.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/609,983, filed on Dec. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0026018 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. F16B 2/04 (2006.01); E04B 1/00 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01); F16L 3/18 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 2/04 (2013.01) [E04B 1/003 (2013.01); F16M 13/027 (2013.01); F16L 3/18 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A decking hanger system, comprising:
at least one decking panel comprising:
a plurality of decking flutes, wherein each of the plurality of decking flutes comprise an upper flange, a lower flange, and one or more webs operatively coupling the upper flange and the lower flange; and
one or more keys formed in the one or more webs of one or more decking flutes of the plurality of decking flutes within the at least one decking panel;
a hanger comprising:
a first portion having a first end, wherein the first portion comprises an end aperture extending within the first portion and one or more component apertures extending through the first portion and the end aperture;
a second portion having a second end; and
an adjustment for moving the first end with respect to the second end, wherein the adjustment for moving the first end with respect to the second end is provided by at least a portion of the second portion located within the end aperture of the first portion and moving within the end aperture of the first portion;
wherein the first end or the second end comprise one or more connectors; and
wherein the one or more connectors of the first end or the second end mates with the one or more keys.