Patent ID: 6532636
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
A hand-held tool for guiding an integral piece of sheet metal into a pair of sheet metal connectors positioned end-to-end and oriented at an angle relative to each other so as to form a corner, wherein each sheet metal connector has a pair of spaced-apart walls defining a channel therebetween for receiving the integral piece of sheet metal and a flange extending outwardly from one wall thereof, said tool comprising:a) a handle; and b) a blade; wherein said blade extends axially from said handle; wherein said blade is shaped for inserting into the channel of each sheet metal connector of the pair of sheet metal connectors simultaneously, at the corner, and defining with the other wall of the pair of spaced-apart walls of each sheet metal connector of the pair of sheet metal connectors a converging pathway for guiding the integral piece of sheet metal into the channel of each sheet metal connector of the pair of sheet metal connectors simultaneously, at the corner; wherein said blade has a body; wherein said body of said blade extends forwardly from said handle; wherein said body of said blade extends axially from said handle; wherein said blade comprises a head; wherein said head of said blade extends forwardly from said body of said blade; wherein said head of said blade extends upwardly from said body of said blade; wherein said head of said blade is for inserting into the channel of each sheet metal connector of the pair of sheet metal connectors simultaneously, at the corner, and in so doing, said body of said blade defines with the other wall of the pair of spaced-apart walls of each sheet metal connector of the pair of sheet metal connectors the converging pathway for guiding the integral piece of sheet metal into the channel of each sheet metal connector of the pair of sheet metal connectors simultaneously, at the corner; wherein said body of said blade comprises a first portion; wherein said first portion of said body of said blade is flat; wherein said body of said blade comprises a second portion; wherein said second portion of said body of said blade is flat; wherein said first portion of said body of said blade and said second portion of said body of said blade are mirror images of each other; wherein said first portion of said body of said blade has an innermost edge; wherein said second portion of said body of said blade has an innermost edge; wherein said innermost edge of said first portion of said body of said blade is coincident with said innermost edge of said second portion of said body of said blade, and forms therewith, a longitudinal axis of said body of said blade; wherein said longitudinal axis of said body of said blade has a proximal end; and wherein said first portion of said body of said blade and said second portion of said body of said blade are oriented downwardly at an angle to each other, about said longitudinal axis of said body of said blade, that is equal to the angle the pair of sheet metal connectors are oriented relative to each other.