Patent ID: 8955210
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: B25B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of installing a fastener comprising: providing an installation tool including a handle, a frame, a guide defining an angled bore configured to accommodate and constrain a rotating fastener, and an alignment projection extending downwardly from the frame; providing a first shrinkable board including a first side surface, a first upper surface and a first lower surface; placing a second shrinkable board adjacent the first shrinkable board, the second shrinkable board including a second side surface, a third opposing side surface that is opposite the second side surface, a second upper surface and a second lower surface; engaging the first side surface of the first shrinkable board against the second side surface of the second shrinkable board so that the first side surface and the second side surface contact one another with no gap established between the first side surface and the second side surface; placing a first fastener in the angled bore; positioning the frame so that the frame contacts the second upper surface, and the angled bore adjacent the third opposing side surface of the second shrinkable board; advancing and rotating the first fastener at an angle through the second shrinkable board while maintaining the first side surface of the first board in contact with the second side surface of the second shrinkable board; positioning the alignment projection between a first corner of the first shrinkable board and a second corner of the second shrinkable board, but without establishing a gap between the respective first side surface and second side surface of the respective first and second shrinkable boards with the installation tool; and advancing and rotating a second fastener through the second shrinkable board with the first and second side surfaces of the respective first and second shrinkable boards remaining engaged in contact with one another during said advancing of the second fastener, wherein the positioning step includes wedging the alignment projection between and adjacent the first corner and the second corner, respectively, without the alignment projection extending downwardly beside the first and second side surfaces, wherein the alignment projection includes an inner engagement surface and an outer engagement surface disposed downwardly at a preselected angle relative to one another, wherein the outer engagement surface is configured to engage the first corner of the first board to establish a distance below the second upper surface at which the angled bore is positioned to advance the second fastener into the second shrinkable board, wherein the first and second shrinkable boards form part of a deck that is subject to exposure to the environment.