US 5,957,007 AGranted

Supporting tool for nails, screws and the like and box fitted with the tool

OwnerGiuseppe Righiniinventor

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Abstract

A supporting tool for nails, screws and the like consists of a body (6) shaped like a plate or slab, in which two openings (7,8) are made; each opening (7,8) being capable of housing a screw or nail (14,15) of different diameter; the sizes of the openings (7,8) vary to define housings for screws or nails of different shapes and diameters; the openings (7,8) extend inside the body (6); the size of the first opening (7) decreases in the opposite direction of the increasing size of the second opening (8); the first opening (7) begins from a first hole (9) and the second opening (8) from a second holes (10); first and second holes (9,10) being capable of housing a nail or screw according to the hole sizes; nails or screws of smaller diameters are clamped by parts of the first or the second openings (7,8) suitable for the diameter of the nail or screw (14,15) to be driven into a wall.

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Dependent claims

A planar supporting tool for nails or screws, the supporting tool comprising a planar body with a plurality of openings formed in the body, wherein the body has a perimeter, each of the plurality of openings capable of housing nails or screws of different diameters wherein:

each of the openings comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion communicates with the second portion,
the first portion is a hole located a distance from the body perimeter, the hole having a hole perimeter,
the second portion is an angular portion having opposed first and second sides defining an enlargement angle between the sides, respective rays of the respective enlargement angles cross the body perimeter and the hole perimeter and are further apart at the points the rays cross the planar body perimeter than at the points the rays cross the hole perimeter;
and
each said opening of said plurality of openings having a different enlargement angle from each other said opening to define housings for clamping the nails or screws of the different diameters;
wherein:
each hole of the plurality of holes has a respective hole size for housing a nail or screw of a diameter compatible with the hole size, each hole having a hole size different from each other said hole;
and
each respective opening second portion housing is sized for clamping nails or screws having respective diameters smaller than said respective opening hole size;
each of the housings for clamping the smaller diameters comprises a pair of opposed indentations in the opposed sides, wherein each second portion has a plurality of said housings.

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An apparatus comprising a box and one or more planar tools, for holding nails or screws, fitted to the box to releasably adhere to a surface of a side of the box and lie solely within the perimeter of said box side, each of said one or more tools comprising a planar body with a plurality of openings formed in the body, each of the plurality of openings capable of housing nails or screws of different diameters, wherein:

each of the openings comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion communicates with the second portion,
the first portion is a hole located a distance from the body perimeter, the hole having a hole perimeter,
the second portion is an angular portion having opposed sides defining an enlargement angle between the sides, respective rays of the respective enlargement angles cross the body perimeter and the hole perimeter and are further apart at the points the rays cross the planar body perimeter than at the points the rays cross the hole perimeter;
and
each said opening of said plurality of openings having a different enlargement angle from each other said opening to define housings for clamping the nails or screws of the different diameters;
wherein:
each of the holes has a hole size for housing a nail or screw of a diameter compatible with the hole size, each hole having a hole size different from each other said hole;
and
the housings of each respective opening second portion are sized for clamping nails or screws having smaller diameters than said respective opening hole size.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.