Patent ID: 8371556
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: B25C,B25F

Abstract:
1. A multi-function deck tool comprising: an outer structural tube comprising a rigid elongated hollow structure having a bottom open end and an aperture in a top end; a fork extending down below a bottom of the structural tube, the fork comprising a pair of parallel L-shaped spaced rigid parallel lifting arms attached to a lower portion of the outer structural tube extending below the bottom opening, the lifting arms extending orthogonally relative to the outer structural tube for lifting deck boards, the lifting arms spaced apart a sufficient distance to straddle a deck board supporting beam; an elongated threaded shaft inside the outer structural tube extending along the length of the outer structural tube, the threaded shaft comprising a threaded portion inside the outer structural tube, a drill bit engaging top portion of the threaded shaft extending out of the aperture in the top end of the outer structural tube to be secured within a drill bit of a drill for rotating the threaded shaft reversibly by alternating clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of the drill, and a double bearing between the inner threaded portion and the outer drill bit engaging portion of the threaded shaft, the double bearing secured within the aperture in the top end of the outer tube to permit rotation of the shaft and prevent linear movement of the shaft; an inner structural tube comprising a rigid elongated hollow structure positioned slidable within the outer structural tube between the threaded shaft and the outer structural tube, a threaded opening in an upper end of the inner structural tube to engage the threaded shaft so that rotation of the threaded shaft causes linear movement of the inner tube within the outer structural tube along the threaded shaft in one direction when the threaded shaft is turned in a clockwise direction and in an opposite direction when the threaded shaft is turned in a counterclockwise direction; the inner structural tube further comprising a flat head at a lower end of the inner structural tube for engaging a top of a deck beam with the lifting arms spanning the deck beam and positioned under a deck board so that activating the drill in a direction to move the inner structural tube downward causes the lifting arms to lift the deck board to remove it from the deck beam; the inner structural tube having at least one opening in a side wall adjacent to the flat head, and the flat head having a nail receiving slot extending from the at least one opening in the side wall opening inwardly to a mid portion of the flat head to receive a deck nail shaft therein with a head of the nail shaft resting on an inner surface of the flat head and the nail shaft extending downwardly out of the flat head through the nail receiving slot so that resting a bottom of the lifting arms on a top surface of a deck beam with a protruding deck nail in the deck nail shaft and activating a drill attached to the drill bit end of the inner structural tube to cause the inner structural tube to rise up within the outer structural tube to pull the deck nail from the deck beam, thereby providing a multi-function deck tool for removing deck boards and removing deck nails.