Patent ID: 6453774
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
A shingle removal tool for removing shingles secured to a surface by means of nails, comprising an elongate handle defining a handle axis and provided with gripping means at one axial end of said handle for facilitating the gripping of said handle by a user; and a cutting head generally aligned with said handle axis and having an upper end secured to the other axial end of said handle, a lower end of said cutting head being formed with a generally flat leading portion integrally connected to said upper end by means of an intermediate portion, said flat leading portion defining a leading edge generally transverse to said handle axis and formed with a plurality of spaced apart slots open at said leading edge and extending rearwardly of said leading edge and dimensioned and configured to receive and engage nails when said leading portion is in contact with and slides forwardly along said surface and engages secured shingles, said leading and intermediate portions being angularly offset from each other to form a fulcrum edge generally parallel to said leading edge as well as to orient said handle axis at a predetermined angle in relation to said surface when said flat leading portion lays flat on said surface, said fulcrum edge serving to raise said leading edge above said surface by lowering the inclination of said handle below said predetermined angle to lift shingles and/or nails in contact with said leading portion, said intermediate portion being curved in a plane extending through said handle axis and normal to said flat leading portion to form a concave upper surface defining normal directions from said fulcrum edge to said upper end that increasingly approach the orientation of the plane of said flat leading portion.