Patents Examined by Stephen R. Gerrity
  • Support guide for powder driver barrel
    Patent number: 7014087
    Abstract: A powder driven tool includes a housing including a powder cartridge and a piston within a barrel. A guide member attaches to the barrel and cradles a support device. The guide member includes a wall portion having a thickness greater than other portions of the guide member. Ignition of the powder cartridge causes the piston to move within the barrel and drive the support device. The wall portion resists barrel climb as the support device is driven into an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Michael L. White, Frederick James Diggle, III