Patent ID: 7062809

Claim:
A roofing hatchet comprising: a head having a first, striking end and a second, bitted end, said head further comprising: striking means for driving a fastener into a surface, said striking means comprising a striking face at sais first end of said head; holding means for holding a fastener on said striking means in preparation for driving a fastener into a surface, said holding means comprising a magnet imbedded within said head at said striking face, wherein said holding means further comprises: a shouldered bore formed within said head at said striking face, said shouldered bore comprising: a first bore having an axis substantially normal to said striking face, a first diameter and a first depth, and a second bore having an axis coinciding with said axis of said first bore, a second diameter said second diameter being greater than said first diameter, and a depth, said second depth being less than said first depth, the difference in said first and second diameters forming a shoulder within said shouldered bore; a cap, said cap dimensioned and configured to forceably and frictionally fit within said shouldered bore such that: a first end, having a diameter substantially equal to said diameter of said second bore of said shouldered bore, is substantially flush with said striking face of said head, and a second end, having a diameter substantially equal to said diameter of said first bore of said shouldered bore, abuts a bottom of said first bore of said shouldered bore, said second end having an internal bore having a diameter less than said diameter of said second end and a depth, said diameter and said depth being substantially equal to a diameter and a height of said magnet; said magnet matingly fitting within said bore of said cap and said cap matingly fitting within said shouldered bore such that said shoulder of said cap abuts said should of said shouldered bore and said second end of said cap abuts a bottom of said first bore of said shouldered bore; gauging means for gauging a distance from said bitted end, cutting means for cutting roofing material; pulling means for pulling a fastener from a surface; securing means for attaching a handle to said head; and a handle.