Patent ID: 8359762

Claim:
A wall siding board installation tool comprising: (a) a quill and shaft assembly, said assembly's quill having an upper end and said assembly's shaft having an upper end; (b) board top edge hooking means and board bottom edge hooking means, said means defining an “S” hook, the board top edge hooking means being fixedly attached to an upper end selected from the group consisting of the quill's upper end and the shaft's upper end, the board bottom edge hooking means being fixedly attached to the other upper end among said group; and (c) first “S” hook extending and retracting means connected operatively to the quill and shaft assembly, the first “S” hook extending and retracting means being adapted for moving the quill or the shaft between a board suspending position and a tool releasing position, the board top edge and board bottom edge hooking means being displaced a calibrated lap joint distance away from each other upon movement of the quill or the shaft to the board suspending position, the board top edge and board bottom edge hooking means being further displaced away from each other upon movement of the quill or the shaft to the tool releasing position.