Patent ID: 7204480
Filing Date: 2007-04-17
Classification: B66F,E04G

Abstract:
1. A prying tool for dislodging abutting first and second concrete forms from poured concrete walls, each abutting first and second concrete form having a side surface and a front surface, each concrete form side surface including a connecting slot, comprising: a fulcrum assembly, said fulcrum assembly having a first side surface and a second side surface, said first side surface including at one end a protuberance extending outward therefrom, said protuberance for slideably engaging a connecting slot of said first concrete form side surface; a leveraging member, said leveraging member having a first and second side surface, said leveraging member pivotally connected at one end by an attachment means to the opposite end of said fulcrum assembly first side surface, said leveraging member rotating freely about said pivotal connection in an upward and downward direction, said leveraging member including a handle member extending outward from the opposite end of said leveraging member, said attachment means juxtapositioning said fulcrum assembly and said leveraging member, said leveraging member having an engagement surface extending about said leveraging member periphery, said engagement surface positioned in a plane normal to the plane of said outwardly extending protuberance of said fulcrum assembly first side surface, said engagement surface in contact with an abutting second concrete form front surface, said leveraging member engagement surface rotated freely about said pivotal connection of said attachment means by said handle, said abutting second concrete form front surface forced inward causing a leveraging action forcing said engaged first concrete form outward away from said poured concrete wall thereby separating the engaged first concrete form from the wall.