Patent ID: 7407073
Filing Date: 2008-08-05
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
1. A nail-guiding device that assists in the proper guiding of a nail with respect to a surface and with respect to a driver, comprising: a. a body including abutment features for abutment against the surface and a sleeve defining a linear passage; b. a flexible membrane deployed so as to at least partially overlap an end of said linear passage, said flexible membrane including an opening for engaging the shaft of a nail; and c. a piston slideably engaged in said linear passage and operative to transfer the impact of the driver to the nail in a drive-in operation, wherein said membrane is sufficiently flexible to allow insertion via said opening of the head of a nail having dimensions greater than dimensions of said opening, and wherein said membrane is deployed relative to said abutment features such that when said abutment features are brought into abutment with the surface, at least a portion of said flexible membrane adjacent to said opening is spaced away from the surface, thereby holding and guiding the nail throughout said drive-in operation.