Patent ID: 7398628

Claim:
A tool for setting individual floorboards in an assembled floor comprising: a) a horizontal rod; b) a flanged member at one end of said horizontal rod, said flanged member having a vertical portion and a horizontal portion, said vertical portion having a notch with a vertical notch portion and a horizontal notch portion therein adapted to accept a portion of an individual floorboard whereby the individual floorboard is contacted by said vertical notch portion and said horizontal notch portion, the contact of said horizontal notch portion of said notch with the individual floorboard preventing a vertical force component on the individual floorboard during operation of the tool; c) a stabilizing ring having an annular outer surface, said stabilizing ring located at the end of said rod opposite of said flanged member, a portion of the annular outer surface of said stabilizing ring being the only contact of the tool with the assembled floor; d) a weighted member used to build momentum slidably engaged on said horizontal rod between said flanged member and said stabilizing ring, whereby momentum is built as said weighted member slides along said rod toward said stabilizing ring and said momentum is transferred to said vertical portion of said flanged member allowing a horizontal force in the direction of the movement of said weighted member to be transmitted to the individual floor board engaged by said notch of said vertical member of said flanged member thereby setting the individual floorboard in the assembled floor.