Patent Application
20180215024
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The disclosure and prior art relates to driving devices and more particularly pertains to a new driving device for driving a nail without bending over.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a tube that may be gripped. The tube has a length of at least 90 cm. Thus, the tube extends between a support surface and a user without having the user bend over. A striking unit is slidably positioned in the tube and the striking unit is selectively aligned with a nail in the support surface. The striking unit is selectively struck thereby facilitating the striking unit to drive the nail without having the user bend over.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The tube 12 has a first end 20, a second end 22 and an outer surface 24 extending therebetween. Each of the first end 20 and the second end 22 is open and the tube 12 is substantially hollow. The outer surface 24 has a first threaded portion 26 that is aligned with the first end 20. The outer surface 24 has a second threaded portion 28 that is aligned with the second end 22.
A grip 29 is positioned around the tube 12 to enhance gripping the tube 12. The grip 29 is positioned closer to the first end 20 than the second end 22. Moreover, the grip 29 is comprised of a resiliently compressible material such as rubber or the like.
A striking unit 30 is provided and the striking unit 30 is slidably positioned in the tube 12. The striking unit 30 is selectively aligned with a nail 18 in the support surface 14. The striking unit 30 is selectively struck with a hammer or the like. In this way the striking unit 30 drives the nail 18 into the support surface 14 without having the user 16 bend over.
The striking unit 30 comprises a first cap 32 that has a first surface 34 and a second surface 36. The first cap 32 has a first aperture 38 extending through the first surface 34 and the second surface 36. The first cap 32 threadably engages the first threaded portion 26 of the tube 12 and the first aperture 38 is aligned with an interior of the tube 12. A second cap 39 is provided that has a primary end 40, a secondary end 42 and an outside surface 44 extending therebetween. The outside surface 44 tapers between the primary end 40 and the secondary end 42 such that the second cap 39 has a conical shape.
The primary end 40 has a well 46 extending toward the secondary end 42 and the well 46 has an outer bounding surface 48 and a lower bounding surface 50. The second cap 39 has a second aperture 52 extending through the well 46 and the secondary end 42. The outer bounding surface 48 of the well 46 threadably engages the second threaded portion 28 on the tube 12 having the well 46 being aligned with the bottom end of the tube 12. The second aperture 52 is selectively aligned with the nail 18 in the support surface 14.
A shaft 53 is provided that has a top end 54 and a bottom end 56. The shaft 53 is slidably positioned in the tube 12 having the top end 54 extending upwardly through the first aperture 38 in the first cap 32. The bottom end 56 of the shaft 53 extends downwardly into the second aperture 52 in the second cap 39.
A disk 58 is provided that has a top side 60 and a bottom side 62. The bottom side 62 threadably engages the top end 54 of the shaft 53 having the shaft 53 being centrally located on the disk 58. The top side 60 is selectively struck thereby facilitating the shaft 53 to be urged downwardly in the tube 12. Moreover, the bottom end 56 of the shaft 53 extends outwardly from the second aperture 52 in the second cap 39 when the disk 58 is struck. In this way the bottom end 56 of the shaft 53 drives the nail 18 into the support surface 14.
A first stop 64 is positioned around the shaft 53 and the first stop 64 is positioned closer to the bottom end 56 than the top end 54. The first stop 64 is positioned within the tube 12. A biasing member 66 is positioned around the shaft 53. The biasing member 66 extends between the lower bounding surface 50 of the well 46 in the second cap 39 and the first stop 64. Moreover, the biasing member 66 biases the shaft 53 upwardly in the tube 12 having the bottom end 56 of the shaft 53 being recessed into the second cap 39. The biasing member 66 may be a spring or the like.
A second stop 68 is provided and the second stop 68 is positioned around the shaft 53. The second stop 68 is positioned closer to the top end 54 than the bottom end 56. Additionally, the second stop 68 abuts the second surface 36 of the first cap 32 when the biasing member 66 biases the shaft 53 upwardly in the tube 12. In this way the second stop 68 inhibits the shaft 53 from being removed from the tube 12.
In use, the grip 29 is gripped and the tube 12 is oriented vertically with respect to the support surface 14. The secondary end 42 of the second cap 39 is aligned with the nail 18 in the support surface 14. The nail 18 may have been previously driven into the support surface 14 and has loosened such that the nail 18 is no longer fully driven into the support surface 14. The length of the tube 12 facilitates the secondary end 42 of the second cap 39 to be aligned with the nail 18 without having the user 16 bend over. In this way the tube 12 eases back pain associated with bending over to drive the nail 18. The disk 58 is struck with the hammer or other implement and the second end of the shaft 53 drives the nail 18. The tube 12 is selectively aligned with any of a plurality of nails 18 that need to be re-driven into the support surface 14.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
