Installation tool for laying carpet (trim) strips

A tool for the installation of a wall trimming which comprises a molding track extending along a wall and formed with an outer lip spaced from said wall and deflectable to allow a carpeting strip fastened to an outer face of said molding to be folded over said lip, said molding further having a structure limiting depth of insertion between said wall and said lip, said tool comprising:

• an elongated folding member slidable along said track and contoured to have a surface which engages said carpeting strip an progressively folds said strip over said lip and into a gap between said lip and said wall as said folding member is moved in a given direction along said track, and a flank inclined upwardly away from said wall above said surface and confronting said wall;
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• a capping sheet fastened to said member, extending substantially the length of said member, and formed with an upper portion bent at an angle to an intermediate portion reaching downwardly between said lip and said wall and extending over its breadth away from said wall, said upper portion being affixed to said flank, said capping sheet being provided with a lower portion formed on the bottom of said intermediate portion and shaped as a semicylindrical rounding with a diameter of about one and one-half times the thickness of said strip, riding slightly above said structure and pressing said lip away from said wall to enable insertion of said strip between said lip and said wall by said surface.