Flooring installation tool with adjustable shoe
AssigneeStanley Fastening Systems, L.P.
InventorJeffrey Edgerly
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Abstract
A flooring installation tool includes a base having a bottom surface configured to engage a top surface of a flooring material, and a shoe having a connection portion and a vertical surface engaging portion. The connection portion is movably connected to a gear housing supported by the base, and the vertical surface engaging portion is configured to engage a vertical surface of the flooring material. An adjuster is configured to selectively hold the shoe relative to the base in a first position or in a second position that is different from the first position.
Claims25
A flooring installation tool comprising:
- a base having a bottom surface configured to engage a top surface of a flooring material;
- a gear housing supported by the base;
- a gear supported by the gear housing;
- a pusher configured to engage a vertical surface of an object separate from the flooring installation tool, the pusher comprising a rack of teeth, the rack of teeth and the gear being configured to cooperate with each other so that rotation of the gear causes movement of the rack relative to the base;
- a handle operatively connected to the gear so that when the handle is moved relative to the gear housing, the gear rotates in at least one direction;
- a shoe having a connection portion and a vertical surface engaging portion, the connection portion being pivotally connected to the gear housing and the vertical surface engaging portion being configured to engage a vertical surface of the flooring material when the pusher engages the vertical surface of the object;
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- an adjuster configured to selectively hold the shoe relative to the base in a first position or in a second position that is different from the first position, the adjuster comprising a bushing operatively connected to the connection portion of the shoe and to the gear housing.
A flooring installation tool comprising:
- a base having a bottom surface configured to engage a top surface of a flooring material;
- a gear housing supported by the base;
- a gear supported by the gear housing;
- a pusher configured to engage a vertical surface of an object separate from the flooring installation tool, the pusher comprising a rack of teeth, the rack of teeth and the gear being configured to cooperate with each other so that rotation of the gear causes movement of the rack relative to the base;
- a handle operatively connected to the gear so that when the handle is moved relative to the gear housing, the gear rotates in at least one direction;
- a shoe having a connection portion and a vertical surface engaging portion, the connection portion being pivotally connected to the gear housing and the vertical surface engaging portion being configured to engage a vertical surface of the flooring material when the pusher engages the vertical surface of the object;
- an adjuster configured to selectively hold the shoe relative to the base in a first position or in a second position that is different from the first position;
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- a ratchet comprising a pawl operatively connected to the gear housing and a biasing member disposed between the gear housing and the pawl, the pawl having a tooth configured to engage the gear and the biasing member being configured to bias the pawl into engagement with the gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.