ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,891, issued on March 18.
"Deck fasteners alignment tool" was invented by Brian Morris (Webb City, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deck fasteners alignment tool enables accurate positioning of deck boards before being fastened to respective deck joists. The alignment tool includes or defines a pair of V-shaped recesses on a template body which provides proper alignment to deck fasteners so long as outer locating pins are aligned with laterally adjacent gaps between deck boards, respectively. The alignment tool includes a pair of internally positioned neodymium magnets adjacent the alignment recesses for magnetically holding deck...