Patent Application
20190022844
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The disclosure and prior art relates to guide devices and more particularly pertains to a new guide device for protecting a floor from being damaged when a fastener is driven into the floor.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a handle that is selectively gripped. A blade is coupled to the handle and the blade is positioned on a support surface. The blade has a plurality of apertures therein and a fastener is positioned in a selected aperture for driving the fastener into the support surface. The blade is comprised of an impact resistant material. In this way the blade inhibits the support surface from is damaged when the fastener is driven into the support surface.
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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A plurality of retainers 32 is provided and each of the retainers 32 has a pair of members being spaced apart from each other. Each of the retainers 32 is stored in a selected one of the first 26 and second 28 slots. Additionally, a selected one of the retainers 32 is selectively inserted into the well 30 and a fastener 36 is selectively positioned between the members on the selected retainer. In this way the selected retainer 32 holds the fastener 36 in a vertical orientation thereby positioning the fastener 36 to be driven into a support surface 38. The support surface 38 may be a hardwood floor or the like and the fastener 36 positioned in the selected retainer may be a finish nail or the like. Additionally, the each of the retainers 32 may comprise a cotter key or the like.
A blade 40 is coupled to the handle 12 and the blade 40 is selectively positioned on the support surface 38. The blade 40 has a plurality of apertures 42 therein and a fastener 36 is positioned in a selected one of the apertures 42 for driving the fastener 36 into the support surface 38. The fastener 36 positioned in the selected aperture 42 may be a framing nail, a screw and any other type of construction fastener 36. Moreover, the blade 40 is comprised of an impact resistant material such as plastic or the like. In this way the blade 40 inhibits the support surface 38 from being damaged when the fastener 36 is driven into the support surface 38 with a hammer, a drill and any other tool.
The blade 40 has a first surface 44, a second surface 46 and a peripheral edge 48 extending therebetween. The peripheral edge 48 has front side 50 and a back side 52 and the back side 52 is coupled to the second end 16 of the handle 12. Moreover, the second surface 46 lies on a plane that is oriented at an angle with the bottom side 24 of the handle 12. In this way the handle 12 angles upwardly from the support surface 38 when the second surface 46 is rested on the support surface 38. The first surface 44 of the blade 40 tapers downwardly toward the front side 50.
Each of the apertures 42 extends through the first 44 and second 46 surfaces and each of the apertures 42 has a bounding edge 54 and a bounding surface 56. The bounding surface 56 corresponding to each of the apertures 42 slopes upwardly between the second surface 46 of the handle 12 and the bounding edge 54 of the corresponding aperture. Thus, each of the apertures 42 is beveled. The plurality of apertures 42 includes a first aperture 58 and a pair of second apertures 60. Each of the second apertures 60 is positioned closer to the front side 50 than the back side 52 and the second apertures 60 are spaced apart from each other. The first aperture 58 is positioned between the pair of second apertures 60 and the back side 52. Moreover, the first aperture 58 is centrally positioned between the second apertures 42 and the first aperture 58 has a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the second apertures 60.
In use, the second surface 46 of the blade 40 is rested on the support surface 38 and the selected fastener 36 is positioned in a selected one of the first 52 and second apertures 60. The fastener 36 is driven into the support surface 38 with the tool. The blade 40 inhibits the support surface 38 from being damaged by the tool when the tool misses the fastener 36 and strikes the blade 40. Additionally, the blade 40 is selectively urged beneath an object, such as base board or the like, when the object needs to be pried upwardly. In this way a pry bar that is manipulated to pry the object upwardly rests on the blade 40. Thus, the blade 40 inhibits the pry bar from damaging the support surface 38 when the object is pried upwardly. A selected one of the retainers 32 is inserted into the well 30 in the handle 12 and a selected fastener 36 in positioned in the retainer. Thus, the selected fastener 36 is retained in a vertical orientation for driving the fastener 36.
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.
