Patent ID: 6880741
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: B25C,E04D

Abstract:
1. A nail gun attachment for installation of roof shingles, comprising: a lifting blade having a front surface and a corresponding rear surface defining a planar top portion, a center portion and a curved lower portion extending downward from and forward of the center portion, the curved lower portion including side edges that taper to form a beveled front end; a pair of vertically oriented brackets attached to the rear surface of said lifting blade at the center portion, said brackets defining a first pair of horizontally aligned bores; an adaptor having attachment plate for removable attachment to a nail gun and a pair of side walls perpendicularly extending from the attachment plate and defining a second pair of horizontally aligned bores; and means for securing said brackets to said adaptor; whereby, when said adapter is secured to said brackets and the nail gun, and upon insertion of the curved lower portion of said lifting blade beneath and adjacent installed shingle and pushing forward on the nail gun, the installed shingles is lifted such that an uninstalled shingle may be placed under the adjacent shingle and nailed in place by the operation of the nail gun.