Abstract: A carpet stretcher is provided with the improvement of a stabilizing apparatus and method that attaches to a carpet stretching tool to prevent the carpet stretching tool and any of its additional stretcher tubes from bending or bowing when utilized to stretch carpeting during carpet installation. The stabilizing apparatus consists of a bar with appropriate means for attachment to a carpet stretcher.

Abstract: A carpet stretcher including a power stretcher head coupled to one end of an extension pole, a power stretcher tail piece coupled to one end of a second extension pole, one or more stretcher extensions intermediate said first and second extension poles and coupled to the ends thereof remote from said head and tail piece, and a stabilizer member longitudinally disposed relative to said poles and extensions and having a plurality of spring clamping members adapted to clip onto said poles and stretcher extensions to stabilize them from distortional bowing.

Abstract: A holding device formed from a material having position memory adapted to be secured to a wall or pin-up board or the like including a flat planar structure of any desired geometric configuration provided with a mounting pin formed into the device for attachment to the surface and including a partially cut out portion having a manual pull thereon extending generally vertically from the opposite side of said device from the pin and adapting the cut out portion to be manually manipulated out of and into alignment with the remainder of said flat planar surface to temporarily hold thin structure such as paper between the planar surface and the cut out portion.