Patent ID: 7963193

Claim:
A multiple nail holder-extension comprising: a. a handle assembly, said handle assembly having (1) a uniformly solid handle with a proximal end and a distal end, (2) a solid, generally rectangular stationary mounting bar having a rectangular cross-section and extending perpendicularly from said distal end of said handle, said stationary mounting bar having a proximal end adjacent to said distal end of said handle, and a generally tapered or rounded distal end with a positioning hole centered therein; b. a closable nail-holding assembly, said nail-holding assembly having: (1) two uniformly cast, solid, generally rectangular nail-holding plates in parallel alignment, each of said nail-holding plates having a rectangular cross section and each of said nail-holding plates having an inner surface, an outer surface, a vertical proximal end, and an angled or vertical distal end with a tightening hole therein, (2) a U-shaped elastic separator inserted or embedded between said nail-holding plates near said distal ends of said nail holding plates, said separator having a tightening hole through each of its legs, (3) a threaded tightening pin extending through said tightening holes in said nail-holding plates and through said tightening holes in said separator, (4) a tightening pin cap positioned on said outer surface of one of said nail-holding plates, said tightening pin cap configured to screw on to said tightening pin, (5) a gripping surface molded with, cut into, cast on, or extruded from said inner surfaces of both said nail-holding plates at said distal ends of said nail-holding plates, said gripping surfaces dimensioned to hold a single nail or a nail positioned in a breakable nail strip holding a multiplicity of evenly-spaced nails; and, c. a means for fixably attaching said nail-holding assembly to said distal end of said stationary mounting bar.