Caulking Gun
AssigneesLuis A. Acosta, Yadira A. Acosta
InventorLuis A. Acosta
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Abstract
A caulking gun incorporating a caulk tube receptacle having a dispensing end a handle end; a plunger rod having a dispensing end and having a handle end, the dispensing end of the plunger rod extending toward the caulk tube receptacle's dispensing end and the handle end of the plunger rod extending away from the caulk tube receptacle's handle end; a trigger actuator operatively supporting the plunger rod at the caulk tube receptacle's handle end; a hammerhead; and a mounting sleeve fixedly attaching the hammerhead to the handle end of the plunger rod, the caulking gun being alternatingly usable as a caulk applying tool and as a hammer for resetting protruding nail heads.
Claims11
1-5. (canceled)
A caulking gun comprising:
- (a) a caulk tube receptacle having a dispensing end and a handle end;
- (b) a plunger rod having a dispensing end and a handle end, wherein the plunger rod's dispensing end extends toward the receptacle's dispensing end, and wherein the plunger rod's handle end extends away from the receptacle's handle end;
- (c) a trigger actuator operatively supporting the plunger rod at the caulk tube receptacle's handle end;
- (d) a hammerhead;
- (e) means for mounting the hammerhead, said means fixedly attaching the hammerhead to the plunger rod's handle end;
- (f) a pull handle having proximal and distal ends, wherein the pull handle comprises an “L” hook formed at the handle end of the plunger rod, the “L” hook having a diameter;
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- (g) a sleeve having a proximal end, a distal end, and a diameter wherein the sleeve's proximal end comprises a curved finger pull surface, wherein the sleeve's proximal end nestingly receives the “L” hook, wherein the hammerhead is fixedly attached to the sleeve's distal end, and wherein the diameter of the sleeve is at least twice the diameter of the “L” hook.
A nail driving adapter for attachment to a caulk gun's pull handle, the nail driving adapter comprising:
- (a) a hammerhead;
- (b) a sleeve having a wall, a hollow bore, a proximal end, and a distal end, the distal end of the sleeve being fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the hammerhead;
- (c) a first pull handle passage slot, said slot opening proximally at a proximal end of the sleeve's wall;
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- (d) a second pull handle passage slot positioned oppositely from the first pull handle passage slot, the second pull handle slot opening proximally at the proximal end of the sleeve's wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.