Abstract: In one implementation, a stair installation bracket for installing staircases in stairwells is provided. The bracket includes a bracket assembly configured to anchor to a wall of a stairwell, a hanger tool removably connected to the bracket assembly, and a positioning bolt for positioning a staircase relative to the wall. A method of installing a staircase using the bracket assembly includes positioning the staircase on tabs of one or more bracket assemblies, rotating the positioning bolt to vertically positioning the staircase relative to pilot holes of the bracket assembly, anchoring the staircase to the bracket assembly, and removing the hanger tool from the bracket assembly.

Abstract: A drive shaft support device that supports a drive shaft in a horizontal orientation during an assembly operation to a vehicle comprises an elongated support body and one or more drive shaft support arms that extend outward from the elongated support body. The one or more support arms include a mount portion that is mounted to the elongated support body and a support portion having a support surface that is configured to support the drive shaft thereon. A frame clamp is located at an end of the elongated support body and includes an upper support and a lower support that is spaced from the upper support to receive a frame portion of the vehicle therebetween and support the elongated body from the frame portion in the horizontal orientation.

Abstract: A clamp tool for circuit board is disclosed. The clamp tool includes a frame, a handle, a plurality of gripping shafts, and a locking means. The frame defines two vertical grooves facing to each other. The handle is mounted on top of the frame. The gripping shafts are mounted beneath the frame, and include protuberant gripping heads on an end thereof. The locking means includes a pull rod and a locking shaft. The pull rod passes through the vertical grooves and connects with the frame by elastic pieces. The locking shaft is mounted beneath the pull rod. The clamp tool is used to move circuit boards.

Abstract: An apparatus for temporarily suspending or supporting a fascia board during the installation thereof, along the eaves or the end of a rafter tail of a frame of a roof structure is described, wherein the device includes a U-shaped bucket (16) for supporting or suspending the fascia board. The U-shaped bucket is engaged in cooperating with a swivel bracket (10) and a rafter tail clamp saddle (4) for attachment to the end of the rafter tail, respectively, to the frame of the roof structure. The apparatus provides an improved method of installing a fascia board, wherein, one person can install the fascia board for the completion of the roof structure thereof. The apparatus can be easily removed and applied to another section of the roof.

Abstract: A device for holding varying pieces of wood when cutting, for instance with a chain saw, comprising a frame (9), a pendulum (2) having spikes (4) and being pivotally mounted at an upper part (8) of the frame and a lower frame part having upwardly directed spikes (3). The pendulum (2) with its spikes (4) is arranged to assume steplessly varying positions in relation to the upwardly directed spikes (3) of the lower frame part. The freely pivoting pendulum (2) with its spikes (4) is arranged, by its own weight, to engage into and hold an inserted piece of wood within the range of pivotation of the pendulum.

Abstract: A portable work platform is provided for attachment to a stationary object such as a ladder. The platform includes a frame, a clamp to retain the frame to a stationary object, a vise for retaining a work piece and a guide for retaining the free end of an elongate work piece.

Abstract: A portable cable vise can be mounted on the edge of a horizontally or vertically extending tailgate, the upper edge of the sidewall of cherry-picker personal bucket, and other support structures in the field. The vise has a lower stationary jaw member and an upper movable jaw member and a means for moving the upper jaw member vertically toward and away from the stationary jaw member to grip a cable between the jaw members. The lower jaw member has an upwardly opening cable receiving recess therein and the upper jaw member has a downwardly opening cable receiving recess therein for gripping the outer surface of a cable without crushing or damaging the cable. The vise includes a generally C-shaped mounting clamp with a clamping means for gripping a support adjacent its edge to secure the mounting clamp to the support.

Abstract: A clamping mechanism for holding, among other possible things, a squirrel or other animal during skinning. The mechanism includes a rigid band under which a tail of the animal is gripped. The band is pivoted between an open and closed position by a foot-operated treadle which is connected to the band by an elongated rigid link.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a ceiling clamp to assist in mounting panels to a ceiling, including: an upwardly open channel defined by a distal vertical wall, an upper portion of a proximal vertical wall parallel to the distal vertical wall, and a horizontal floor joining the distal and proximal walls, the upwardly open channel being dimensioned to accommodate therein a lower portion of a ceiling joist; clamping means to clamp the lower portion of the ceiling joist in the upwardly open channel; and a horizontal base member attached to the upwardly open channel to provide a surface upon which an end or edge of ceiling panel may be placed when the ceiling clamp is clamped to the ceiling joist.

Abstract: A gas utility service saddle U-bolt installation holder comprises an elongated handle having a substantially L-shaped lower end and a clamp adapter attached to said L-shaped lower end for holding a U-bolt at a location substantially midway along its lengths with the U-bolt legs projecting upwardly so as to straddle a gas main from the underside of the main, the U-bolt clamp being channel-shaped to receive the U-bolt therein, and a thumb screw being provided through one of the upstanding legs of the channel shape to clamp the U-bolt against the opposite channel leg. Preferably, the U-bolt clamp is a separate clamp adapter having a pair of vertically spaced apart support arms by which it is mounted on conventional "lower tape holder" tool, using a second thumb screw to make such attachment.

Abstract: A multiple-purpose vice for wood working includes a lead screw and two guide bars slidingly defined by two bench clamps on a bench, two center-rest clamping jaws mounted on two jaw bases slidingly inserted with the lead screw and the two guide bars for clamping flat-surface work piece, two universal clamping jaws rotatably mounted on the jaw bases for clamping irregular-shaped work piece and an outside-span clamping base clamped on the bench beyond the span between the two bench clamps for clamping larger work piece not allowed to be clamped within the span of two bench clamps.

Abstract: A gas utility service saddle U-bolt installation holder comprises an elongated handle having a substantially L-shaped lower end and a clamp adapter attached to said L-shaped lower end for holding a U-bolt at a location substantially midway along its lengths with the U-bolt legs projecting upwardly so as to straddle a gas main from the underside of the main, the U-bolt clamp being channel-shaped to receive the U-bolt therein, and a thumb screw being provided through one of the upstanding legs of the channel shape to clamp the U-bolt against the opposite channel leg. Preferably, the U-bolt clamp is a separate clamp adapter having a pair of vertically spaced apart support arms by which it is mounted on conventional "lower tape holder" tool, using a second thumb screw to make such attachment.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in stringing rackets comprising a support structure including a pedestal having a base portion with a weighted foot pedal pivotally attached thereto, a racket supporting portion attached to the upper end of the support portion, a string clamp mechanism operatively connected to the foot pedal, the clamp mechanism including clamp members for engaging and clamping a length of string extending therebetween, a clamp support member mounted adjacent to the racket supporting portion, a string clamp assembly including a pair of members having portions for engaging a length of string extending therebetween, a member pivotally connecting the pair of members, a spring between the clamp members biasing said string engaging portions apart, and a clamp operator member movable between an open position whereby a length of string can be moved between the string engaging portions and a closed position in which the string engaging portions move into clamping positions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a reusable device for assisting a carpenter by securely holding up one end of a joist while the carpenter nails the other end in place. A pair of vertical supports has a pair of legs extending out and away from the respective lower ends of the supports. The outer ends of the legs are connected by a joist support stirrup. Generally horizontal arms extend from the upper ends of the vertical supports. The outer portions of the arms are bent into generally U-shaped configurations so that their free ends oppose their respective vertical supports. The distance between the free ends of the arms and their respective supports is such as to snugly hold a standard beam inserted therebetween, thus ensuring that the joist hanger and the supported joist therewith do not shift laterally. Further, the device can be used to hold a facing board against the end of a joist.

Abstract: A fixture for holding zipper sliders is disclosed as including a clamp attached to a generally inverted J-shaped standard having in the upper edge thereat a slot adapted to receive a zipper slider. A tip of the standard adjacent the slot is rabbetted on both sides transversely to the slot so that the tip has a width equal to that of the slot, and the top of the tip lies in the same plane as the bottom of the slot.

Abstract: A flexible pipe vice having a V-shaped pipe rest attached by side bars to a second bar which can be positioned on a ladder step, a set of chains is also attached to the pipe rest and can be wrapped around a step of a ladder and a piece of pipe positioned in the pipe rest. A first bar attached to a distal end of the chains can be held by a user's foot to secure the pipe in the pipe rest on the step of the ladder.

Abstract: A clamping apparatus adapted to be clamped to a table top in a do-it-yourself home workshop comprising a C-shaped clamping element provided with a guiding ledge and an upwardly projecting stop, both of which serve to contact a workpiece at a right angle intersection of the ledge and stop. The apparatus is further provided with a U-shaped clamping element which, in conjunction with the C-shaped clamping element, serves to hold said workpiece in a desired fixed position. The U clamp comprises a U-shaped body portion and a threaded screw element with a centering head on one end thereof and a knob on the other end which engages a threaded aperture on one leg of the U clamp. A centrally located aperture in the upwardly projecting stop of the C clamp cooperates with the centering head to axially guide such centering head of the screw element of the U clamp to thereby encircle the workpiece.

Abstract: A sawbuck comprising a pair of V-shaped members of steel plate or the like having toothed log-gripping members welded along the edges thereof. Depending legs welded to each V-shaped member form slip channels of a size to fit snugly over a standard board of nominal 2 inch thickness whereby they may be carried on a two by four beam of a sawhorse.