Deck spacing tool
OwnerAdam Wiltoninventor
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Abstract
A tool for use in spacing deck boards on typically framed deck structures that is in the form of a cylindrical arm with a ½″ eye located at one end. The arm is the thickness of a desired gap between spaced decking and the eye attaches to a drills handle assembly by means of sliding the bolt, which attaches the handle assembly to the drill, through the eye of the tool and tightening the handle to the drill, thus securing the tool to the drill.
Claims6
A deck spacing tool for uniformly spacing decking members, said deck spacing tool comprising a projecting member having a first end placed tightly between a first and second decking member, a second end pivotally attached to a handle assembly that is releasably fixed to a power drill comprising a chuck, a body and a body linear axis co-axial with a drill bit axis;
- wherein said projecting member is cylindrical having a constant diameter from a point proximate to said second to said first end;
- and wherein said constant diameter is a predetermined and desired spacing between said first and said second decking members;
- and wherein the projecting member second end comprises a swaged portion having an eye for pivotally attaching to said handle assembly by a bolt having a threaded end portion;
- and wherein the handle assembly comprises a hand rip projecting from said power drill body perpendicular to said linear axis, a clasping ring for attaching the handle assembly and the projecting member to said power drill body and said bolt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.