IP Library Granted Patent US 9,963,886
Granted Patent B2
US 9,963,886 · App. 15/221,772 · Granted May 8, 2018

Hidden board anchor

Inventor: Steven A. Mitchell (Chilhowie, VA)
Assignee: Royal Group, Inc.
E04F15/02044E04F13/0826E04F13/0846E04F2015/02094
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,963,886
App. No.
15/221,772
Granted
May 8, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A board anchor includes flat faces that are complementary to angled flat faces of grooves of boards between which the anchor is secured by a fastener that passes through a fastener aperture of the anchor and into an angled groove face of a board and into an underlying supporting structure beneath the board.

Claims (7)

1. A board anchor comprising:

a pre-formed fastener aperture with a recessed entry hole in a first flat face;

a second flat face opposite the first flat face and including an exit hole of the fastener aperture, wherein the first and second flat faces are in substantially parallel planes to each other, and wherein the second flat face is abutting a board groove face of a board with a fastener passing through the aperture and penetrating the board groove face;

a third flat face directly adjacent and non-perpendicular to the first flat face;

a fourth flat face opposite the third flat face; and

a fifth flat face adjacent to the third flat face and a first rounded outer surface region between the fifth flat face and the second flat face and a second rounded outer surface region opposite the first rounded outer surface region and between the first flat face and a sixth flat face, wherein the sixth flat face is adjacent to the fourth flat face.

2. The board anchor of claim 1 , wherein the third flat face has width from about 0.088 to about 0.255 inches.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2016
From: MITCHELL, STEVEN A.
To: ROYAL GROUP, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62200313 · Aug 3, 2015
Related Publication 20170037643A1 · Feb 9, 2017