Patent ID: 9296097
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: B25C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A tool for setting a high fastener having a shank driven into a T & G plank and a head portion projecting from an exposed edge of the plank, said tool comprising a one-piece unitary block of durable hard material having: opposite top and bottom edges, and opposite side edges extending between the opposite top and bottom edges; and a head-receiving central slot opening through one of the side edges and through the bottom edge, the slot having a base in the interior of the block, the depth of the slot measured from the bottom edge to the base being greatest toward said one side edge and being progressively more shallow in a direction toward the opposite side edge to a location where the slot feathers into the bottom edge of the block, the slot having a transverse width sized to receive a projecting head portion of a high fastener with opposite sides of the high fastener head portion held between opposite sides of the slot with the bottom edge of the block in engagement with a plank from which the high fastener projects, the slot being constructed and arranged for engagement of the high fastener head portion against the base by shifting the block over the high fastener with the bottom edge in engagement with the plank for progressive driving of the fastener to a set position by rapping the top edge of the block in successive shifted positions.