B - Operations – Transporting – 25 – C
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
25
C
B25C 3/00 (2006.01) E04B 1/38 (2006.01) E04C 5/18 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2379794
A connector having apertures to be used to secure different pieces of construction material in relation to each other is provided with structure to hold a nail thereto. This structure permits the nail to be brought into selective alignment with the aperture allowing the nail to be driven home without the workman holding the nail. The invention includes aperture engagement structure which is located in the aperture of the connector. The nail is held in a fastener engagement structure, which has the structure of a sleeve. The fastener engagement structure is attached to the aperture engagement structure on their common first side by a hinge. The fastener engagement structure further has a male portion located on its second side. The aperture engagement structure further has a female portion located on its second side. In a first configuration, the nails are held flat against the body of the connector. When it is desired to drive the nail, the user rotates one or more of the nails into a second, upright position about the hinge. In this second position the male portion engages the female portion causing the fastener engagement structure and the aperture engagement structure to be locked together. This aligns the nail with the aperture present on the connector. Once the sleeve is locked in the upright position the user then drives the nail through the aperture securing the connector to the construction material. The sleeve may include a corrugated interior to assist in gripping the nail more firmly in place. Also, the sleeve may be scored so that when the nail is driven, the sleeve splits and falls out of the way.
Furman & Kallio
Orr Tom E.
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