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US 9,435,129 B1Granted
Cement lap siding handling and installation tools and method of using
OwnerPatrick M Horneinventor
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Abstract
A tool kit makes it possible for one person to pick up one or more frangible elongate workpieces such as strips of cement lap siding using a first part of the invention, and properly position each one on, and affix it to, a vertical surface such as an exterior wall using a second part of the invention.
Claims9
A tool kit, comprising:
- a handling part comprising a beam having a horizontal extent, the horizontal extent having a right end and a left end;
- a vertical extent at each end having a top and a bottom;
- the horizontal and vertical extents defining a substantially vertical plane having a forward face and a rearward face;
- a central portion along the horizontal extent between the right end and the left end;
- a handle fixed to the central portion to enable the beam to be carried approximately horizontally;
- a pair of shaped hooks fixed proximate to the right and left ends and proximate to the bottom;
- the hooks each being shaped to temporarily engage the bottom edge of an elongate workpiece from underneath the elongate workpiece;
- a pair of bars rotatably attached to the elongate beam proximate to the right and left ends, proximate to the top, and positioned in front of the vertical plane to temporarily engage the top edge of the elongate workpiece;
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- at least two hanger parts comprising means for temporary attachment to a substantially vertical surface;
- each of the at least two hanger parts comprising:
- at least one means for aligning the elongate workpiece with a horizontal position mark on the vertical surface;
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- an upward-facing bight for temporarily holding the bottom edge of the elongate workpiece.
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A tool kit, comprising;
- an elongate substantially rectangular beam having a right end and a left end;
- a top and a bottom;
- a forward face and a rearward face;
- a central portion along the top;
- a handle fixed to the central portion to enable the beam to be carried approximately horizontally;
- a pair of shaped hooks fixed proximate to the right and left ends and proximate to the bottom;
- the hooks each being shaped to temporarily engage the bottom edge of at least one strip of siding;
- a pair of bars rotatably attached to the beam proximate to the right and left ends, proximate to the top, and positioned in recesses in the forward face;
- each bar comprising means for moving the bar forward and rearward relative to the forward face;
- the means for moving the bar comprising an axle extending from the bar rearward to the rearward face, and a grip affixed to the axle and behind the rearward face.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.