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Components for use in the assembly and installation of a modular decking system, comprised of structural free floating piers which distributes loads of deck pad to ground, piers have a pad bearing surface and four uniformly placed receiver blocks which interlock with corresponding recesses at four p

Components for use in the assembly and installation of a modular decking system, comprised of structural free floating piers which distributes loads of deck pad to ground, piers have a pad bearing surface and four uniformly placed receiver blocks which interlock with corresponding recesses at four pad corners, an interlocking cam passes through pad recesses at deck surface and locks to piers by rotating cam with custom designed tool.The system is designed to be assembled without permanent fasteners to allow for expansion, reconfiguration or relocation, or addition of traditional and contemporary deck accessories that engage and interlock with the piers, pads and cams. One ideal manufacturing method of one or any of the system components is compression molded post-consumer and/or industrial thermo-plastic waste.

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What is claimed is: 1. A modular, portable, interlocking decking system comprising:a plurality of structural piers, each structural pier including a generally planar bearing plate having a bottom surface, each structural pier further including a top surface opposing the bottom surface of the bearing

What is claimed is: 1. A modular, portable, interlocking decking system comprising:a plurality of structural piers, each structural pier including a generally planar bearing plate having a bottom surface, each structural pier further including a top surface opposing the bottom surface of the bearing plate;a plurality of generally hollow receiver blocks in the top surface of each structural pier, each receiver block including a slotted opening and a receiver block detent;at least one generally rectangular surface pad, the surface pad comprising:a generally planar, horizontal upper surface,a lower portion, the lower portion including a generally hollow block receptacle at each corner of the surface pad, andat least one fastener opening at each corner of the surface pad, the fastener opening extending from the upper surface to the block receptacle; anda plurality of cam lock fasteners, the cam lock fasteners having a fastener detent configured to engage the receiver block detent,wherein the bottom surface of the bearing plate of each structural pier rests upon a supporting surface and the block receptacles of the surface pad each engage a receiver block of a corresponding structural pier, the surface pad being detachably secured to the structural piers by inserting one of the cam lock fasteners into each fastener opening of the surface pad and into engagement with the slotted opening of a corresponding block receptacle, the receiver block detent engaging the fastener detent when the cam lock fasteners are placed into engagement with the slotted opening of a corresponding receiver block.