Patent ID: 6394518
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: B25B,E04F

Abstract:
A tool for removing tile spacers, comprising:a barrel having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, a central axis, and a bushing on the distal end portion, which barrel defines a bore extending along the central axis from a proximal end of the bore at the proximal end portion of the barrel to a distal end of the bore at the distal end portion of the barrel; a tile-spacer-engaging member disposed partially within the bore, the tile-spacer-engaging member having a proximal end portion extending out of the proximal end of the bore and a pick-shaped distal end portion disposed within the bore, which tile-spacer-engaging member is disposed within the bore moveably for linear movement along the central axis of the barrel between a withdrawn position of the tile-spacer-engaging member in which the pick-shaped distal end portion does not extend out of the distal end of the bore and a deployed position of the tile-spacer-engaging member in which the pick-shaped distal end portion does extend out of the distal end of the bore; means for spring biasing the tile-spacer-engaging member in the withdrawn position; and first and second handle members attached to respective ones of the barrel and the tile-spacer-engaging member, which first and second handle members are adapted to be held by a person in one hand and to function as means for enabling the person to move the tile-spacer-engaging member from the withdrawn position to the deployed position by squeezing the first and second handle members toward each other with the one hand.