Patent ID: 6843402

Claim:
A mount for a tool to drive fasteners in installing tongue and groove flooring strips on a subfloor, the fasteners being driven through the strips from above the tongue and into the subfloor, the tool mount comprising: a base to rest on the subfloor adjacent a flooring strip to be installed, the base having a center plate with an upper surface inclined with respect to the subfloor and an under surface generally parallel with the subfloor, and a pair of side plates, one on either side of the center plate and extending generally at a right angle to the subfloor; a tool carrier plate slidable on the upper surface of the center plate to adjust the position of a tool carried thereon vertically with respect to the subfloor and the flooring strip; a lateral spacer plate slidable below the center plate, having an end for engagement with the flooring strip to position the tool mount and the tool carrier on the tool carrier plate laterally with respect to the flooring strip; and a fastener securing the side plates to the center plate and clamping the tool carrier plate and the spacer plate in their adjusted positions, to locate the tool carrier adjacent the flooring strip and above the tongue to drive a fastener through the flooring strip and into the subfloor.