System, method and apparatus for under deck drainage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9032678-B2
Application number	US-201414203086-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2014
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	May 19, 2015
Grant date	May 19, 2015

Abstract

A deck drainage system includes a plurality of hanger clips. Each hanger clip may have a plurality of mounting holes configured to fasten the hanger clip to a support at selected elevations. A soffit may be mounted to the hanger clips without fasteners and located completely below the deck, such that not every hanger clip directly contacts the soffit. A slope of the soffit may be selected by mounting at least two of the hanger clips to the support at different vertical elevations. The soffit may be configured to slope beneath the deck and drain water therefrom in a selected direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A deck drainage system, comprising:
a plurality of hanger clips, each having a plurality of mounting holes configured to fasten the hanger clip to a support at selected vertical elevations, and the support comprises a deck joist or a grid bar attached to deck joists;
a soffit configured to be mounted to the hanger clips without fasteners and located completely below a deck, such that the soffit is located completely below the deck joists, not vertically between the deck joists; and
a slope of the soffit is configured to be selected by mounting at least two of the hanger clips to the support at different vertical elevations relative to the support, such that the soffit is configured to slope beneath the deck and drain water therefrom in a selected direction.

2. A system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the hanger clips comprises a body, a mounting portion extending from the body, and the mounting holes are formed in the mounting portion.

3. A system according to claim 2 , wherein the hanger clip has first and second clips, both of which extend from the body.

4. A system according to claim 1 , wherein each hanger clip further comprises a pitch gauge configured to assist an installer to adjust the slope of the drainage system.

5. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting holes comprise horizontally adjacent pairs of mounting holes.

6. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the hanger clips are fastened only to substantially vertical surfaces of the support.

7. A system according to claim 1 , wherein no shims are required to form the slope of the soffit, and not every hanger clip directly contacts the soffit.

8. A system according to claim 1 , wherein hanger clips along one longitudinal side of the soffit directly contact the soffit, and hanger clips along the other longitudinal side of the soffit do not directly contact the soffit but only directly contact an adjacent soffit.

9. A deck drainage system, comprising:
a plurality of hanger clips configured to be fastened to a support, each hanger clip having a hanger clip rim; and
a plurality of soffits configured to be mounted to the hanger clips, each soffit having a first rim complementary in shape to the hanger clip rim and configured to mount directly to the hanger clip rim, and a second rim complementary in shape to the first rim and configured to mount directly to the first rim of an adjacent soffit.

10. A system according to claim 9 , wherein the hanger clip rims on the hanger clips along one longitudinal side of the soffit directly contact the first rims of the soffit, and hanger clip rims on the hanger clips along the other longitudinal side of the soffit do not directly contact the soffit.

11. A system according to claim 9 , wherein the hanger clip rim nests inside the first rim, and the first rim nests inside the second rim of the adjacent soffit.

12. A system according to claim 9 , wherein the first and second rims extend in a same lateral direction, and respective sets of the hanger clip rims, first rims and second rims, positively engage each other to form a retention force therebetween, and the retention force must be overcome to disengage respective sets of the hanger clip rims, first rims and second rims.

13. A system according to claim 9 , wherein each of the first and second rims comprises a hook and a tab extending inward therefrom, the hooks and tabs of the first and second rims are respectively complementary.

14. A system according to claim 9 , wherein each hanger clip further comprises a pitch gauge configured to assist an installer to adjust the slope of the deck drainage system.

15. A system according to claim 9 , wherein the hanger clips are fastened only to substantially vertical surfaces of the support, and the soffits are located completely below joists of the deck, not vertically between joists of the deck.

16. A system according to claim 9 , wherein no shims are required to form the slope of the soffits.

17. A deck drainage system, comprising:
a plurality of hanger clips configured to be fastened to a grid bar, each hanger clip having an interior clip and an exterior clip; and
a soffit configured to be mounted to the interior clip of a first one of the hanger clips at an interior of the deck, and to the exterior clip of a second one of the hanger clips adjacent an exterior of a deck.

18. A system according to claim 17 , wherein the interior clip is located on one end of the hanger clip, and the exterior clip is located opposite the interior clip.

19. A system according to claim 17 , wherein a slope of the soffit is selected by mounting at least two of the hanger clips to the grid bar at different vertical elevations, such that the soffit is sloped to drain water.

20. A system according to claim 17 , further comprising a fascia configured to be mounted to at least some of the hanger clips.

Assignees

• Certain Teed Corp

Inventors

• Shaw Robert D
• Gilbert Thomas C
• Stucky David J
• Whitney Nikki J
• Wood Lucas D
• Steffes Stephen W

Classifications

• E04B1/64 Primary

  for making damp-proof; Protection against corrosion (sealings E04B1/66) · CPC title

• E04F17/00

  Vertical ducts; Channels, e.g. for drainage (pipes in general F16L; pipe-line systems F17D {; drainage devices in floors E03F5/04; roof drainage E04D13/04}) · CPC title

• E04F15/02183 Primary

  for outdoor use, e.g. in decks, patios, terraces, verandas or the like · CPC title

• E04B5/48 Primary

  Special adaptations of floors for incorporating ducts, e.g. for heating or ventilating (in block-shaped elements E04C1/39; in slab- or sheet-shaped elements E04C2/52) · CPC title

• E04B1/003

  Balconies; Decks · CPC title