Locating and positioning fixture for nailing machines

Claim 1

A LOCATING FIXTURE TO SUPPORT AND PROPERLY POSITION A PORTABLE POWER DRIVEN, TRIGGER CONTROLLED NAILING MACHINE HAVING A NOZZLE FROM WHICH NAILS ARE FORCIBLY PROJECTED ALONG A PATH COINCIDING WITH THE AXIS OF THE NOZZLE, WHEN THE MACHINE IS TRIGGERED, FOR BLIND NAILING MATCHED TONGUE AND GROOVE FLORING STRIPS TO A SUB-FLOOR, SAID FIXTURE COMPRISING: A. A BASE HAVING A BOTTOM SURFACE ADAPTED TO REST UPON A FLOORING STRIP TO BE NAILED IN PLACE AND HAVING A PORT THROUGH WHICH NAILS MAY PASS; B. STRUCTURE PROJECTING UP FROM SAID BASE AND FORMING A CRADLE TO RECEIVE AND HOLD THE NAILING MACHINE WITH THE AXIS OF ITS NOZZLE PASSING THROUGH SAID PORT IN THE BASE AT SUBSTANTIALLY A 45* ANGLE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BASE; C. MEANS ON SAID STRUCTURE TO DETACHABLY SECURE THE NAILING MACHINE IN THE CRADLE; AND D. SHOULDER MEANS DEPENDING FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BASE ADJACENT TO SAID PORT TO ENGAGE THE TONGUED EDGE OF A FLOORING STRIP WHICH IS TO BE NAILED IN PLACE, AND BY SUCH ENGAGEMENT SO LOCATE THE FIXTURE THAT THE AXIS OF THE NAILING MACHINE NOZZLE PASSES THROUGH THE ENGAGED EDGE OF THE FLOORING STRIP.