Patent ID: 7222898
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A carpet kicker, comprising: a) a housing having a containing space, a front end, and a rear end; b) a handle installed above the housing; c) a motive power device installed in the containing space of the housing and having a motor for supplying electric power through an external power cable, the clockwise and counterclockwise rotations of the motor being controlled by a switch outside the housing, the motor being coupled to a reducer, a first gear being installed at an output axle of the reducer, a second gear being driven by the first gear to rotate a second gear in the housing; d) a gear rack engaged with the second gear and driven by the second gear, a front section of the gear rack being extended out of a front end of the housing; and e) a kicking unit coupled to a front end of the gear rack and linked by the gear rack, a bottom surface of the kicking unit having a plurality of protruding pins for hooking and holding a free end of the carpet to move forward and pull and spread the carpet; and f) a pivoting element disposed at an end that connects the kicking unit and the gear rack and capable of rotating an angle of 180 degrees, such that the front end of the kicking unit can be rotated towards the rear end.