Patent ID: 7617749
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: B25D,E04F

Abstract:
1. A siding hammer having a hammer head with a striking face for driving a fastener and a rigid depth control face offset a fixed distance of about 3/16″-¼″ in front of the striking face so that the rigid depth control face impacts a substrate into which the fastener is driven before a head of the fastener contacts a nail hem of siding being supported by the fastener, and the rigid depth control face inhibits further penetration of the fastener into the substrate after the rigid depth control face impacts the substrate, wherein the siding hammer is a dual-faced hammer with a first striking face having the rigid depth control face offset in front of a top of the first striking face, and a second striking face having the rigid depth control face offset in front of a bottom of the second striking face.