Patent ID: 7712635

Claim:
A cartridge caddy and a caulking gun, comprising the caulking gun having a body adapted to receive fill material cartridges and having a head operable to urge a plunger against a butt of the cartridge to expel fill material in a shaped bead, and the caddy having a backbone having a longitudinal backbone axis; a plurality of faces surrounding the backbone axis; a plurality of substantially tubular clamps, each clamp coupled to the backbone and at least partially surrounding and defining an interior, the clamp further having an exterior opposite the interior; a longitudinal clamp axis; a cross section terminating in lips paralleling the clamp axis and defining a mouth extending a longitudinal length of the clamp and adapted to admit and retain the cartridge in the interior coaxial with the clamp; a smoothing tool holder coupled to at least one of the faces of the backbone.