Patent ID: 8191336

Claim:
A fascia board support device for removable attachment to a roof rafter adjacent an end thereof to support a fascia board during attachment thereof to said end of the rafter, the device comprising: a rafter bracket comprising: a side member presenting a flat face for placement against one vertical side of the roof rafter; and a movable member coupled to the side member through a pivotal connection and pivotally movable relative to the side member about a pivot axis parallel to the flat face thereof into and out of a deployed position in which at least a portion of the movable member projects downward below the pivot axis at a lateral distance from the side member to depend downward on an opposing side of the roof rafter; a clamping mechanism carried on the rafter bracket and operable to tighten toward the side member from the opposing side of the roof rafter with the movable member in the deployed position to selectively secure the rafter bracket to the roof rafter; and a fascia board support carried on the side member, projecting past an end thereof and featuring a slot situated past said end of the side member and dimensioned to receive a bottom of the fascia board therein to seat the fascia board at the end of the roof rafter.