Patent ID: 6126156
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: B25B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A tool for mounting a joist hanger having a lower transverse portion and two upwardly-extending legs to a header, the tool comprising:a body;a handle member attached to the body, the handle member extending outward from the body, the handle member including a grip portion, the grip portion being spaced apart from the body;wherein the body includes upper and lower engagement means provided on the body for slidingly engaging the joist hanger for providing vertical and longitudinal alignment of the joist hanger on the header, the upper engagement means serving to bias the upwardly-extending legs of the joist hanger toward parallel vertical positions when the joist hanger is engaged on the body of the tool; andwherein the body includes upper and lower parallel flanges arranged in spaced fashion on the tool body, and wherein the upper engagement means is a pair of spaced recesses formed in the upper flange and the lower engagement means is a transverse slot formed between the lower flange and a portion of the body.