Mounting bracket for connecting adjacent decking boards

The invention relates to a mounting bracket (1) for connecting adjacent decking boards (50) which have grooves (52) running in their longitudinal flanks (51) and for fastening them on a substructure (60)， with a mounting plate (5) on the Grooves (52) of the decking board (50) engaging fingers (10， 11) are arranged and the fastening plate (5) forms a support for the head (31) of a screw (30) for fixing the mounting bracket (1) on the substructure (60) and with at least one arranged on the fastening plate (5)， the spacer (15) specifying the distance between two parallel decking boards (50). The invention is characterized in that at least two fingers (10， 11) of the longitudinal edge (6) of the fastening plate (5) facing a terrace board (50) together form a tensioning claw (12). The mounting bracket according to the invention suddenly improves the required properties in that both the pre-assembly is facilitated and the fastening quality as such could be improved. Due to the clamping claw formed by the fingers protruding into the groove of the terrace board， the mounting bracket is held securely in its inserted position without having to be screwed onto the substructure. This already considerably simplifies the assembly process because no corrections need to be made. The pretension created by the tensioning claw acts like a spreading pliers within the longitudinal terrace groove by pressing the fingers both on the groove base and on the groove ceiling and thereby improves the fixing property to a significant extent.