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Claim 1

A BOARD CLAMPING DEVICE FOR FORCING A PLURALITY OF BOARDS WITH INTERFITTING TONGUE AND GROOVE EDGE CONSTRUCTIONS INTO TIGHT FITTING ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND HANDLING THE SAME INCLUDING AN ELONGATED BASE HAVING A LENGTH GREATER THAN THE WIDTHS OF A PLURALITY OF BOARDS, A BOARD RETAINING MEMBER HAVING A CHANNEL-LIKE OPENING FIXED TO THE UNDER SIDE OF SAID BASE AT ONE END THEREOF, A LEVER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID BASE AT A POINT SPACED FROM THE OTHER END OF SAID BASE AND REMOVED FROM SAID RETAINING MEMBER BY A DISTANCE AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE WIDTHS OF A PLURALITY OF BOARDS, SAID OPENING FACING SAID OTHER END OF SAID BASE, SAID LEVER HAVING AN UPSTANDING HANDLE PORTION AND A DEPENDING PORTION ADAPTED TO ENGAGE A BOARD BELOW SAID BASE, SAID DEPENDING PORTION TERMINATING IN A POINT TO ALLOW PRYING OF BOARDS THEREWITH, WHEREBY A PLURALITY OF BOARDS WITH TONGUE AND GROOVE EDGE CONSTRUCTIONS MAY BE FITTED TOGETHER BENEATH SAID BASE WITH THE EXPOSED SIDE EDGE OF ONE BOARD POSITIONED AGAINST SAID RETAINING MEMBER WHILE THE OTHER EXPOSED SIDE PORTION OF ANOTHER BOARD MAY BE CONTACTED BY SAID DEPENDING PORTION SO AS TO ALLOW FORCED ENGAGEMENT OF SEVERAL BOARDS TOGETHER BY MOVEMENT OF SAID HANDLE AND MOVEMENT OF SAID DEPENDING PORTION TOWARD SAID BOARD RETAINING MEMBER, SAID OTHER END HAVING A DOWNWARDLY FACING SURFACE TO ALLOW SUPPORT OF SAID BASE ON SAID SURFACE WHILE SAID LEVER AND BOARDS ENGAGED BY SAID LEVER AND BOARD RETAINING MEMBER ARE MANIPULATED.