Curt Lundgren - Lancaster CA Janet Lundgren - Lancaster CA
International Classification:
A47F 500
US Classification:
2483543
Abstract:
The Building Material Installation Support Hand Tool of the present invention comprises a strut assembly having a horizontal support bracket disposed in a transverse, T-shaped arrangement with a vertical strut device. The strut device incorporates an elongated tube open at its top and bottom ends. The tube telescopically receives an upper extremity of a lower leg of the strut device for coarse adjustment of the height of the strut device to accommodate standard, predetermined heights of ceiling and wall structures. An adjustment means of the strut device interconnects the tube and the leg and is actuateable by the worker to releasably lock the tube in a position relative to the leg. The strut device includes at a lower extremity of the leg a cleat adapted to grip a floor. The cleat is attached to the leg by a screw jack which is threaded into the lower extremity of the leg which allows for a fine height adjustment of the strut device to accommodate small variations in the height of otherwise standard or non-standard predetermined heights of the ceiling or wall structures.