IP Library Granted Patent US 7,516,586
Granted Patent B2
US 7,516,586 · App. 11/506,684 · Granted Apr 14, 2009

Hidden deck fastener system

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Patent No.
US 7,516,586
App. No.
11/506,684
Granted
Apr 14, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fastener system including two interengaging members for securing boards to supporting members.

Claims (26)

1. A fastener system, comprising:

a first connector comprising:

a base having an upper face, an opposing lower face, opposing first and second ends, and a shoulder adjacent the first end and comprising a face defining a stop cavity, the first connector defining a tab cavity therein and an aperture toward the first end connecting the upper face and the lower face; and

a second connector, comprising:

a base having an upper face, an opposing lower face, opposing first and second ends, a stop adjacent the first end and a tab projecting outwardly from the first end, said tab being perpendicular to said stop, the second connector defining an aperture connecting the upper face and the lower face;

wherein the first and second connectors are selectively engagable so that the tab is positionable within the tab cavity and the stop is simultaneously positionable adjacent the shoulder within the stop cavity.

2. The fastener system of claim 1 wherein the first connector lower face has a recessed portion defining the tab cavity.

3. The fastener system of claim 1 wherein the shoulder comprises a face having opposed recessed walls and an intermediate wall extending below said opposed walls defining the stop cavity; wherein the first and second connectors are selectively engagable so that the tab is positionable within the tab cavity and the stop is positionable within the stop cavity so as to be surrounded by the opposed and intermediate walls.

4. The fastener system of claim 1 wherein the first connector comprises the shoulder and a stop adjacent the first end and a tab projecting outwardly from the first end and the aperture is defined between the shoulder and the stop; and

the second connector comprises a shoulder and the stop adjacent the first end and the tab projecting outwardly from the first end and the aperture is defined between the shoulder and the stop.

5. A fastener comprising:

a shoulder member comprising:

a base having a free end and an engagement end opposing the free end,

a substantially planar upper face,

a substantially planar lower face opposing the upper face,

two shoulders projecting generally perpendicularly from the upper face and adjacent the engagement end, each shoulder defining a stop cavity therein,

the shoulder member defining a plurality of tab cavities, an aperture toward the free edge connecting the upper face and the lower face and an aperture toward the engagement end and between the shoulders connecting the upper face and the lower face; and

a tab member selectively separable from the shoulder member, comprising:

a body having a free end and an anengagement end opposing the free end,

a substantially planar upper face,

a substantially planar support face opposing the upper face, two stops projecting generally perpendicularly from the upper face and adjacent the engagement end,

two tabs projecting outwardly from the engagement end, each tab having a tab lower face and a tab upper face opposing the tab lower face,

the tab member defining an aperture connecting the upper face and the support face;

wherein the shoulder member and tab member are selectively engagable so that each tab is positionable within a respective tab cavity and each simultaneous stop is positionable within a respective stop cavity and each tab extends perpendicularly relative to a stop.

6. The fastener of claim 5 wherein the shoulder member and the tab member consist of a polymer.

7. The fastener of claim 5 wherein the shoulder member lower face and the tab member lower face are substantially coplanar when engaged.

Assignments (7)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 16, 2012
From: ARLON LLC; CONTINENTAL INDUSTRIES, INC.; HANDY & HARMAN; LUCAS-MILHAUPT, INC.; OMNI TECHNOLOGIES; OMG, INC.
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 029308/0304 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Nov 15, 2012
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: OMG, INC. (F/K/A OLYMPIC MANUFACTURING GROUP, INC.)
Reel/Frame 029302/0414 →
RELEASE OF PATENT COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENTS Recorded Nov 14, 2012
From: ABELCO, L.L.C.
To: OMG, INC.
Reel/Frame 029299/0620 →
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT AS RECORDED ON 5/26/04, REEL 015381, FRAME 0274. Recorded Nov 8, 2010
From: OMG, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 025321/0159 →
PATENT COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 18, 2010
From: OMG, INC. (F/K/A OLYMPIC MANUFACTURING GROUP, INC.)
To: ABLECO, L.L.C., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 025150/0295 →
PATENT COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 18, 2010
From: OMG, INC. (F/K/A OLYMPIC MANUFACTURING GROUP, INC.)
To: ABLECO, L.L.C., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 025150/0481 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2006
From: RICCITELLI, MARTIN G.
To: HANDY & HARMAN
Reel/Frame 018511/0055 →