Carpenter's surface protecting tool
OwnerDale M. Tominventor
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Abstract
A device for protecting a surface into which fasteners are driven. The device includes a shield portion and a handle substantially parallel to the shield. An opening is provided in the shield portion large enough to accommodate the head of a nail, and an elongated open slot extends from an edge of the shield portion. Indicia are provided spaced a predetermined distance from the edge for gauging door trim setback. A tubular member upstands from the shield and has interior dimensions great enough to receive a screwdriver blade to guide the screwdriver as it drives the screw into the surface on which the shield portion is disposed.
Claims7
Apparatus for protecting a surface into which fasteners are driven, comprising an integral piece of impact-resistant plastic including:
- a shield portion having a flat under-surface adapted to be disposed on the surface to be protected;
- a handle portion operatively connected to said shield portion;
- means defining at least one opening in said shield portion that is large enough to accommodate the head of a nail;
- means defining a screw-receiving opening in said shield portion, and including a tubular member upstanding from said shield portion and said screw-receiving opening and surrounded by said shield portion, said tubular member having interior dimensions great enough to receive a screwdriver blade therein to guide a screwdriver as it drives a screw into a surface on which said shield portion is disposed;
- said shield portion having an upper-surface opposite said under-surface, said upper-surface being flat except for said tubular member;
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- an intermediate portion interconnecting said handle portion and said shield portion, said intermediate portion making a positive acute angle with both said shield and said handle portions, and so that a plane containing said handle portion is closer to said shield portion upper-surface than under-surface, and so that said handle portion makes a small positive angle with respect to a plane extending parallel to said shield portion.
Apparatus for protecting a surface into which fasteners are driven, comprising
- a substantially polygon-shaped shield portion having a flat under-surface adapted to be disposed on the surface to be protected;
- said shield portion including first and second substantially parallel edges, and third and fourth edges each substantially perpendicular to said first edge;
- a handle portion operatively connected to and extending away from said shield portion second edge;
- means defining an opening in said shield portion extending as an elongated open slot from said first edge;
- indicia means formed spaced a predetermined distance from said first edge and formed on said third and fourth edges, for gauging door trim set-back;
- said indicia means comprising one mark disposed 3/8" from said first edge along said fourth edge, and another mark disposed 1/4" from said first edge along said third edge;
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- said shield portion having an upper-surface opposite said under-surface, said upper-surface being flat except for a tubular member extending upwardly therefrom, said tubular member having an internal bore extending through said shield portion and open at both ends, and having interior dimensions great enough to receive a screwdriver blade therein to guide a screwdriver as it drives a screw into a surface on which said shield portion is disposed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.