DECK CLIP
A deck clip includes a spacer and a grip. The spacer has a wing resiliently pivotably connected to a support bar. The support bar has a front face and a lower face. The grip slidably engages with the spacer. The grip has a pin abutting the front face and extending beyond the lower face.
1 . A deck clip comprising:
a spacer having a wing resiliently pivotably connected to a support bar, the support bar having a front face and a lower face; and
a grip slidably engageable with the spacer, the grip having a pin abutting the front face and extending beyond the lower face.
2 . The deck clip of claim 1 , wherein a pressing portion of the grip abuts an upper face of the support bar.
3 . The deck clip of claim 2 , wherein a hook extending from the support bar captures the pressing portion against the upper face.
4 . The deck clip of claim 1 , wherein the grip and the spacer define a width between a front edge of the pin and a rear face of the support bar.
5 . The deck clip of claim 1 , wherein the pin extends further from the front face than the wing.
6 . The deck clip of claim 1 , wherein the wing includes a connector and an arm.
7 . The deck clip of claim 6 , wherein the connector is arcuate.
8 . The deck clip of claim 7 , wherein the connector extends from the front face and loops back rearwardly toward a rear face of the support bar.
9 . The deck clip of claim 1 , wherein the wing is connected to the support bar via a stem extending from an upper face of the support bar.
10 . The deck clip of claim 9 , wherein the wing extends outwardly relative to the front face.
11 . The deck clip of claim 9 , wherein the stem is located at a first end of the support bar.
12 . The deck clip of claim 1 , wherein the wing is connected to the support bar via an insertion plate.
13 . The deck clip of claim 12 , wherein the wing is connected to a first end of the insertion plate and extends rearwardly towards the front face.
14 . The deck clip of claim 12 , wherein the insertion plate extends from a first end of the support bar.
15 . The deck clip of claim 1 , wherein the wing extends upwardly relative to the support bar.
16 . A deck clip comprising:
a grip having a pin extending from a pressing portion, the pin and the pressing portion defining an inner shoulder; and
a spacer having a support bar configured to matingly engage the inner shoulder.
17 . The deck clip of claim 16 , wherein the pin abuts a front face of the support bar.
18 . The deck clip of claim 16 , wherein the spacer includes a wing resiliently pivotably connected to the support bar.
19 . The deck clip of claim 16 , wherein the spacer and the grip define a width between a front edge of the pin and a rear face of the support bar.
20 . The deck clip of claim 16 , wherein the pin extends beyond a lower face of the support bar.
21 . A method to construct a deck assembly comprising:
laying a first deck board on a joist;
inserting a deck clip into a first groove defined in the first deck board, the deck clip including a grip slidably engaged with a spacer;
laying a second deck board on the joist;
inserting the deck clip into a second groove defined in the second deck board, a pin of the grip abutting the first deck board and a support bar of the spacer, the spacer abutting the second deck board; and
driving a fastener through the grip and the spacer and into the joist, the pin being driven into the joist as the fastener is tightened.