Construction panel positioning and support system and tools
OwnerWilliam Matthewsinventor
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Abstract
A construction panel support tool includes a suspension frame having a mounting member to mount the tool to a ceiling joist adjacent a construction panel installation site and a guide member coupled thereto. An elongate support member movably supported on the guide member is movable relative thereto between a deployed position in which a distal portion of the support member extends beneath the panel installation site, and a standby position. The tool may include a locking member selectively engageable to retain the support member in a desired position, such as a deployed position, and may optionally include a biasing member selectively engageable to bias the distal portion of the support member toward the panel installation site.
Claims20
A construction panel support tool to support a construction panel relative to a panel installation site, the support tool comprising:
- a suspension frame that includes a mounting member adapted to mount the tool to a ceiling joist adjacent a panel installation site, and a guide member coupled to the mounting member;
- an elongate support member movably supported on h guide member and configured, when the tool is mounted on a ceiling joist, to be movable relative to the guide member between a deployed position in which the distal portion of the support member extends beneath the panel installation site and a standby position in which it does not.
A construction panel support tool to support a construction panel relative to a panel installation site, the support tool comprising:
- a suspension frame having a mounting plate adapted to be secured to a ceiling joist adjacent the panel installation site;
- a guide member pivotably coupled to the suspension frame;
- an elongate support member slidably mounted to the guide member and extending, when the tool is mounted on a ceiling joist, in a plane substantially parallel to, and spaced beneath, that of the bottom surface of the ceiling joist;
- wherein, when the tool is mounted on a ceiling joist, the support member is configured for movement along its long axis, relative to the guide member, between a deployed position in which the distal portion of the support member extends beneath the panel installation site and a standby position in which it does not;
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- wherein, when the tool is mounted on a ceiling joist, the pivotal coupling of the guide member provides a range of pivotal movement of the support member in the vertical plane in which its long axis lies.
A construction panel support system to position and temporarily support a construction panel relative to a panel installation site, the panel support system comprising:
- one or more construction panel positioning tools, each positioning tool further including:
- a ramp member having a support platform at an upper end thereof configured to receive and support a portion of a construction panel and a ramp section adjacent the support platform and sharing a common edge therewith, the ramp section including a substantially planar upper surface configured to slidingly engage and guide a portion of a construction panel placed thereon toward the support platform;
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- a stabilizing member coupled to the ramp member, the stabilizing member being configured to engage a structural component of a building structure to support the ramp member in a predetermined position relative to the installation site;
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- one or more construction panel support tools, each support tool further including:
- a suspension frame adapted to mount the support tool on a ceiling joist adjacent a panel installation site;
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- an elongate support member movably supported on the suspension frame and configured, when the tool is mounted on a ceiling joist, to be moved relative to the suspension frame member between a deployed position in which the distal portion of the support member extends beneath the panel installation site and a standby position in which it does not.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.