Patent ID: 8322254
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A carpentry tool for the installation of parallel boards, comprising: an elongated lever having a rotatable cam pivotally affixed adjacent to a distal end of the lever; a gripper body pivotally affixed at a distal end of the lever by a spindle extending from an upper face of the gripper body, the gripper body comprising at least one outer tubing member and one inner tubing member in slidable engagement, and a pair of spindles or lugs extending from a lower face of the gripper body; and means for reversibly adjusting the sliding inner and outer tubing members at predetermined points; wherein the gripper body comprises a three-piece telescopic section having first and second outer tubing members and a center inner tubing member in slidable engagement, the first outer tubing member comprising a first spindle or lug on a lower face thereof and the second outer tubing member comprising a second spindle or lug on a lower face thereof, opposing the first lug.