US 12,083,660 B1
Washer holder adaptor for fastener guns
Jason R. Wigboldy, Grand Rapids, MI (US); and David A. Boyd, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Assigned to Altenloh, Brinck & Co. US, Inc., Bryan, OH (US)
Filed by Altenloh, Brinck & Co. US, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/703,660.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/166,346, filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Int. Cl. B25C 7/00 (2006.01); F16B 43/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25C 7/00 (2013.01) [F16B 43/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adaptor configured for mounting to a nose stem of a fastener gun, said adaptor comprising:
an elongate body portion comprising a wall defining a longitudinally extending sleeve portion, wherein the wall is flexible and configured to stretch to have an inner diameter greater than one inch to fit over differently sized and shaped nose stems of different fastener guns and to then contract the inner diameter down to as small as 0.625 inches to conform to the different sizes and shapes of the nose stems to retain the body portion on such different nose stems; and
an end affixed to the body portion, wherein said end is configured to engage and retain a mountable building fixture to secure the mountable building fixture to a building surface via a fastener discharged from the fastener gun.