Patent ID: 7882994

Claim:
An adjustable adapter for positioning a fastening tool to drive a fastener into a tongue-and-groove flooring material to secure the flooring material to a subfloor, the adapter comprising: a fastening tool mounting plate having a top and a bottom; a generally wedge-shaped base slidably mounted to the bottom of the mounting plate; and, a support plate slidably mounted to the top of the mounting plate; wherein the mounting plate is configured to engage a tongue extending outwardly from an edge of the tongue-and-groove flooring material and to direct the fastener into an interface between the tongue and the edge of the tongue-and-groove flooring material; wherein the base is configured to maintain the mounting plate at an angle relative to the subfloor; and wherein the support plate is configured to engage a top surface of the tongue-and-groove flooring material, and wherein the base and the support plate are movable relative to the mounting plate, and wherein movement of the base relative to the mounting plate causes the mounting plate to engage the tongue, and wherein movement of the support plate relative to the mounting plate causes the support plate to engage the top surface of the tongue-and-groove flooring material.