Patent ID: 6595491
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: B25C,Y10T

Abstract:
A tack installation and removal device comprising:a body having a top and sides extending from said top forming a cup-shaped internal surface; said top having a round aperture extending through said top; and said cup-shaped internal surface able to be affixed to a rod such that the distance between said top and said rod is not less than one-sixteenth inch and not more than three-sixteenth inch; a cap having an upper surface and a depending skirt extending from said upper surface forming a cavity; said cavity able to accept said body; said upper surface having a keyhole-shaped aperture extending through and generally centered in said upper surface; said cap being rotatably and removably affixed to said body such that when rotated a larger portion of said keyhole-shaped aperture is aligned with said round aperture in said body and such that the distance between said top and said upper surface is not less than about one-sixteenth inch and not more than about one-fourth inch; said larger portion of said keyhole-shaped aperture and said round aperture able to accept a tack head and wherein a narrow portion of said keyhole-shaped aperture is smaller than said tack head.