Patent ID: 7082857

Claim:
A movable guide for use with a portable fastener-driving tool, wherein the fastener-driving tool exhibits: (i) a housing having a first end and a second end, and a wall member therebetween; and (ii) a fastener driving mechanism proximal to said first end of the housing, for receiving a collated strip of fasteners and moving a fastener of the collated strip of fasteners to a driving position; said movable guide comprising: an elongated member having a third end and a fourth end, said elongated member being positioned proximal to the wall member of said tool's housing, said third end being proximal to said first end of the housing, and said fourth end extending toward said second end of the housing; said elongated member including a longitudinal pathway having an entry area proximal to said fourth end and an exit area proximal to said third end, said collated strip of fasteners being received at said entry area and then directed through said pathway toward said exit area, said collated strip of fasteners being directed from said exit area toward said fastener driving mechanism; and said elongated member being in a movable mechanical communication with said wall member of the housing, and in a fixed mechanical communication with said fastener driving mechanism.