Patent ID: 8292281

Claim:
A stake installation tool for installing a stake in strata wherein the stake has a head with a bottom surface at one end and a strata penetrator at the other end, the stake installation tool comprising: a driver; a stake retention assembly including a retention body, the retention body containing a retention passageway; a flexible holder connected to the retention body; and the head of the stake being received within the retention passageway and the flexible holder engaging the head of the stake to operatively retain the stake; and wherein the retention passageway having a first side and a second side; the flexible holder comprises a first retention bracket adjacent to the first side of the retention passageway and a second retention bracket adjacent to the second side of the retention passageway; a first retention brush set being attached to the first retention bracket and extending over at least a portion of the retention passageway, and a second retention brush set being attached to the second retention bracket and extending over at least a portion of the retention passageway.