Patent ID: 7467573

Claim:
A nail holder for securing a nail for driving, comprising: a housing which includes a frame and a guard plate; first and second grip plates, each having recesses formed into sides of respective ones of said grip plates for receiving at least a portion of a shank of the nail, wherein said grip plates are slidably secured within said housing in opposed relation with respective ones of said recesses in registration for lineally moving said grip plates together to press the shank of the nail between said recesses in said sides of said grip plates; two actuator plates disposed on opposite sides of said grip plates, spaced apart from respective ones of said grip plates; two resilient biasing members, one of said biasing members disposed between said first grip plate and a first one of said actuator plates, and the other of said biasing members disposed between said second grip plate and a second one of said actuator plates; and wherein said actuator plates are lineally movable into said housing and toward the other of said actuator plates to press said resilient biasing members against respective ones of said grip plates, which lineally moves said grip plates together to squeeze against the shank of the nail.