Spacing and holding device for horizontal siding

• US 4,937,950 A
• Filed: 07/17/1989
• Issued: 07/03/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wilfred Farnworth
• Original Assignee: Wilfred Farnworth
• Inventors: Farnworth, Wilfred
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wirthlin, Alvin
• Application Number:
  US07/380,281
• Time in Patent Office: 351 Days
• Field of Search: 33/646, 33/647, 33/648, 33/649, 33/370, 33/371, 269/904
• US Class Current: 33/646
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0864 composed of superposed elements which overlap each other and of which the flat outer surface includes an acute angle with the surface to cover
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 21/1855 of elongated elements, e.g. sidings

Abstract

A tool to facilitate the installation of horizontal siding boards comprising an upstanding shorter member provided with a flange projecting inwardly at its lower end and an upstanding longer member provided with an outwardly right-angled projection at its upper end, the two members being constrained to slide relative to each other longitudinally and held together by a nut-and-bolt type fastener passing through a hole in the shorter member and a slot in the longer member. The bolt is bored on its longitudinal axis to slidably accept a pin whose diameter is substantially the same as that of the nails used in the installation of siding boards. A bush of resilient material and inside diameter slightly less than the pin diameter is secured relative to the bolt on a longitudinal axis common to both. The pin is longer than the fastener in which it is retained by the compression effect of the resilient bush. In use, the two members are adjusted to give the required spacing and locked by tightening the nut. The lower flange is pressed upwardly against the lower edge of the last installed board and the pin is driven inwardly to secure the tool to the building. The next board may now be rested with its lower edge on the upper flange and nailed in place. The tool is removed by exerting a force outwardly from the building and the hole left by the pin is filled by a siding nail.

Claims

1. A tool for assisting in the installation of horizontal siding boards, comprising inner and outer upstanding slidable members held together by means of a nut-and-bolt type fastener, in which a bolt of said fastener is bored on its longitudinal axis to slidably accept a nail-like pin, the diameter of said pin being substantially the same as that of nails normally used in siding board installation, the length of said pin being greater than the overall length of said fastener, wherein the longitudinal axis of said bolt is coincident with a horizontal nailing line of a siding board being installed;

a nut of said fastener having a closed end which is drilled to slidably accept said pin, said nut being sufficiently long to provide a space between said closed end and the end of the threaded portion of the bolt, when said nut is in a tightened condition on said bolt.

2. The invention of claim 1 in which said space is filled with a cylinder of resilient material, said cylinder having an inside diameter slightly less than the diameter of said nail-like pin so that when said nut is in its tightened condition said nail-like pin is slidably retained within said fastener.