Patent ID: 9358674
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: B25C

Claim Text:
1. A hand tool for removing nails, the tool comprising: a. an elongated handle having opposite first and second ends positioned along a longitudinal axis; b. a thin flat blade having a uniform thickness attached to the handle first end, the flat blade projecting transversely from both sides of the longitudinal axis and curved towards the handle second end forming a crescent shaped blade profile with opposing crescent shaped blade surfaces, the crescent shaped blade profile bounded on a distal end by a front edge surface curving back toward the second end on both sides of the longitudinal axis and bounded on the handle first end by two back edge surfaces located on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis and curving back towards the second end, the front edge surface and the back edge surfaces shaped to form a blade width that transversely tapers from the longitudinal axis to a substantially pointed tip where the front edge surface and the two back edge surfaces intersect, c. at least one forward facing nail removing notch formed through both the opposing crescent shaped blade surfaces and through the front edge surface of the flat blade oriented away from the handle second end, d. at least one backward facing nail removing notch formed through both the opposing crescent shaped blade surfaces and through at least one of the two back edge surfaces of the flat blade oriented towards the handle second end.