Lapboard siding installation tool

Abstract

A tool to facilitate the installation of lapboard siding on a structure that clamps to the last installed lapboard siding by urging the clamping channel back leg between the last installed lapboard siding and the next to last installed lapboard siding with the horizontal base shelf urged against the bottom edge of the last installed lapboard siding. A reveal slide with reveal board shelf adjusts vertically to create an accurate space between the last installed lapboard siding and the next installed lapboard siding commonly referred to as “Reveal”. A fastener locator adjusts vertically to locate fasteners above the reveal area of the lapboard siding.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A tool to facilitate the installation of siding on a structure comprising:
 A main body channel.   
     
     
         2 . The tool of  claim 1  wherein a main body channel comprising a top; a bottom; a front; a back; a left side and a right side comprising a front vertical leg and a back vertical leg that are parallel to each other and perpendicular to a horizontal base wherein the front vertical leg is coupled to the horizontal base at the bottom of the front vertical leg and at the front of the horizontal base and the back vertical leg is coupled at the bottom of the back vertical leg and the back of the horizontal base creating open space above the horizontal base between the front vertical leg and the back vertical leg. 
     
     
         3 . The tool of  claim 2  wherein the front vertical leg comprising a front and a back and the back vertical leg comprising a front and a back wherein the front vertical leg has greater length from the top to the bottom than the back vertical leg from the top to the bottom and the front vertical leg has greater width from the left side to the right side than the back vertical leg from the left side to the right side. 
     
     
         4 . The tool of  claim 3  wherein the back vertical leg comprising a beveled edge at the top front of the back vertical leg. 
     
     
         5 . The tool of  claim 2  wherein a reveal measuring device comprising a plurality of measurement indicator markings is fastened to the front of the front vertical leg. 
     
     
         6 . The tool of  claim 2  wherein there is a plurality of reveal openings in the front vertical leg. 
     
     
         7 . The tool of  claim 2  wherein there is a front slot on the front of the front vertical leg and a back slot on the back of the front vertical leg. 
     
     
         8 . The tool of  claim 1  wherein a clamping knob with circular clockwise and counterclockwise motion comprising a threaded stud that traverses on a horizontal trajectory when the clamping knob is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise. 
     
     
         9 . The tool of  claim 8  wherein the clamping knob when rotated clockwise traverses into the front of the front vertical leg threaded opening and continues beyond the back of the front vertical leg into a clamping pad with the clamping pad reversibly attached to the threaded stud of the clamping knob wherein a front roll pin is inserted into a front roll pin opening of the threaded stud and a back roll pin is inserted into a back roll pin opening of the threaded stud wherein the back roll pin is inserted into a partial depth opening of the clamping pad. 
     
     
         10 . A tool to facilitate the installation of siding on a structure comprising:
 A reveal slide.   
     
     
         11 . The tool of  claim 10  wherein a reveal slide comprising a top; a bottom; a front; a back; a left side and a right side. 
     
     
         12 . The tool of  claim 11  wherein the reveal slide comprising an elongated aperture to contain and facilitate vertical linear motion of the reveal slide along the main body channel. 
     
     
         13 . The tool of  claim 11  wherein a reveal bolt when rotated clockwise traverses into a front threaded opening of the reveal slide and into a selected reveal opening of the plurality of reveal openings of the front vertical leg. 
     
     
         14 . The tool of  claim 11  wherein a shelf bolt when rotated clockwise traverses into a front threaded opening of the reveal slide and continues into a back threaded opening on the same trajectory as the front threaded opening and beyond the back of the reveal slide and threads into a reveal board shelf. 
     
     
         15 . The tool of  claim 14  wherein the shelf bolt and the reveal board shelf have an alternate front threaded location and an alternate back threaded location on the reveal slide wherein when the shelf bolt is rotated clockwise into the shelf bolt alternate front threaded opening of the reveal slide and continues into the alternate back threaded opening on the same trajectory as the front threaded opening and beyond the back of the reveal slide and threads into a reveal board shelf. 
     
     
         16 . The tool of  claim 10  wherein a retainer comprising a top; a bottom; a left side; a right side; a front; a back and an opening wherein a retainer bolt when rotated clockwise will traverse through the opening of the retainer and into a threaded opening of the reveal slide. 
     
     
         17 . A tool to facilitate the installation of siding on a structure comprising:
 A fastener locator.   
     
     
         18 . The tool of  claim 17  wherein the fastener locator comprising a top; a bottom; a front; a back; a left side and a right side configured to have vertical linear motion along the reveal slide. 
     
     
         19 . The tool of  claim 18  wherein the fastener locator comprising an elongated aperture between the top and the bottom of the fastener locator. 
     
     
         20 . The tool of  claim 18  wherein the fastener locator comprising a plurality of semicircle openings.