Stanley Grabowski

US Patent:

47138688, Dec 22, 1987

Filed:

May 12, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/862032

Inventors:

Stanley E. Grabowski - Harrison NJ

International Classification:

B25B 2714

US Classification:

29275

Abstract:

An installation tool adapted for driving leader hooks into the side of a building for supporting a leader of a gutter system is disclosed. Conventionally, leader hooks are driven by means of a projecting shoulder using a hammer or other such compressive tool. The difficulty in installing these leader hooks has arisen as a result of the shoulder being relatively narrow and difficult to engage with blows of a compression tool. To this end, the installation tool is in the nature of a cap adapted to receive the head and shoulder of leader hooks having rectangular or circular-shaped heads. The installation tool, by being adapted to accommodate either shape, avoids the necessity of having to maintain a separate tool for each shape leader hook. In addition, the installation tool applies the compressive force directly to the shoulder by the provision of an abutment, thereby permitting efficient transfer of the compressive force thereto, while minimizing loss of such compressive force to the remaining portion of the leader hook.