Patent ID: 6868595

Claim:
A multi-purpose handheld tool for installing resilient bumpers into channels on rails, comprising in combination: a longitudinal rail having an outer side with a channel along the outer side, and an inner side attached to a surface; an elongated resilient strip; a handheld tool having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end having a pair of rollers spaced apart from one another, each of the rollers having bottom ends, the bottom ends of the rollers placed about sides of the resilient strip for compressing the sides of the resilient strip between the rollers; a user gripped longitudinal handle attached adjacent to the second end of the tool, the handle oriented to substantially overlay and be substantially parallel to the channel; motor means for automatically rotating the pair of rollers to rotate about the resilient strip and for inserting the compressed side portions of the resilient strip to expand into the channel, the motor means being spaced apart from the handle.