This disclosure relates to hand-held tools used in construction and other building, repair, and renovation projects, in general, and to mastic dispensing devices in particular.
Mastic dispensing devices, also referred to herein as caulking guns, find use in a large variety of environments, jobs, and operations, and may assume a variety of configurations. Such uses and operations often involve situations where the operator needs to set aside the caulking gun, such as when two hands are required for a related task. Oftentimes, it is not easy for the operator to simply set the caulking gun down, as there are no appropriate surfaces in proximity, nor other ability to become “hands-free” to perform related tasks, such as when the operator is on a swing stage, scaffold, ladder, or other work location without suitable surfaces or locations to put the dispensing device down.
Prior art attempts at addressing the foregoing issues have various drawbacks and disadvantages.
This disclosure relates to a rotatable, caulking gun hanger which has been configured with various transversely oriented components so as to be cost effectively manufactured, readily mounted to a variety of caulking guns, and operable in dynamic environments, so as to permit the operator to hang the caulking gun on elements of a swing stage, ladder, scaffolding, and other work fixtures in the work environment.
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Connected to shoulder 29 is upper arm 31 of hanger 21. Upper arm 31 has a reverse angle I which is substantially equivalent to the value of angle α, which combination of angles allows the upper arm 31 and lower arm 33 extending therefrom to be aligned longitudinally with the center line of the barrel of caulking gun 19 when deployed as shown in
Upper arm 31 extends sufficiently, compared to the radius of the barrel of the caulking gun so that, when hanger 21 is rotated to its stowed position shown in
Shoulder 29 is joined to upper arm 31 at an angle of between 30 and 50 degrees so as to form a recess 37 sized to receive a member of the swing stage or similar members therein.
The inner surface of elbow 35, in turn, forms a crook 39 which is located a transverse distance from recess 37. Crook 39 thus provides an additional recess to retain one or more surfaces of the external member which external member may be in contact with upper arm 31 when seeking to hang dispensing device 19. Crook 39 of elbow 35 has a raised, inwardly extending bevel to assist in maintaining portions of the swing stage received in crook 39.
Lower arm 33 extends longitudinally when deployed, but transversely and at an angle corresponding to the angle of the upper arm, when stowed (
Number | Date | Country | |
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63437501 | Jan 2023 | US |