Patent ID: 6938809

Claim:
A nail lockout assembly for use with a nail gun, comprising: a slotted guide member for engaging a projection disposed in a nail loading assembly of the nail gun and for identifying the angle of coupling of the nail loading assembly to a nail driving assembly of the nail gun; a linkage bar coupled with the slotted guide member, the linkage bar for translating the movement of the slotted guide member; a pusher coupled with the linkage bar, the pusher for engaging a nail and translating the alignment of the nail, by rotation of the pusher, to the linkage bar; a pawl assembly coupled with the linkage bar, the pawl assembly for rotating into a first or a second position based on the position of the linkage bar; an adapter coupled with the pusher and the pawl assembly, the adapter for enabling the rotational movement of the pusher and the pawl assembly; and a cover serrated member disposed on a cover of the nail loading assembly, the cover serrated member for engaging the pawl assembly in a second position, wherein the pawl assembly engages with the cover serrated member and prevents the cover from closing and the nail from advancing when the nail, based on the angle of coupling of the nail loading assembly to the nail driving assembly, is improperly aligned with the pusher assembly.