US 12,129,656 B2
Step clip fastening system and method
Christopher Michael Schneider, Linwood, NJ (US)
Assigned to Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc., Middleburg Heights, OH (US)
Filed by Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc., Middleburg Heights, NJ (US)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/225,311.
Application 18/225,311 is a division of application No. 17/373,868, filed on Jul. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,746,533.
Application 17/071,567 is a division of application No. 16/887,098, filed on May 29, 2020, granted, now 10,889,994, issued on Jan. 12, 2021.
Application 17/373,868 is a continuation of application No. 17/071,567, filed on Oct. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,105,100, issued on Aug. 31, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/865,519, filed on Jun. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0399854 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. E04F 13/08 (2006.01); E04F 13/24 (2006.01); E04F 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 13/0803 (2013.01) [E04F 13/0862 (2013.01); E04F 13/24 (2013.01); E04F 15/02044 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of assembling a deck board having an upper surface and a lower surface by using a first step clip fastening device, the method comprising the steps of:
fastening the first step clip fastening device onto a joist, wherein the first step clip fastening device includes a base strip and a plurality of clip sets, wherein the base strip is configured with a greater width than a width of the plurality of step clip sets such that the base strip extends over edges of a surface of the joist;
providing a first and second anchor configured as protrusions disposed at respective first and second inner cavities of the plurality of step clip sets;
sliding a first end of the deck board into the first inner cavity of a first step clip of the plurality of step clip sets attached at a first end of the step clip fastening device to thereby engage the first anchor with the first end of the deck board; and
snapping a second end of the deck board into the second inner cavity of a second step clip of the plurality of step clip sets, the second step clip facing the first step clip to form a mating relationship between the deck board and the first step clip fastening device, wherein the snapping of the second end of the deck board into the second inner cavity engages the second anchor in the second inner cavity of the second step clip with the second end of the deck board.