Patent ID: 8517341
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: B66F

Abstract:
1. In combination, a pry bar with a sliding fulcrum assembly, the combination comprising: said pry bar having a generally horizontally extending lifting arm with a lifting lip at the distal end of said lifting arm for engaging an object to be lifted, and an upright elongated handle coupled to the proximal end of the lifting arm through a curvature provided between said handle and said lifting lip; said sliding fulcrum assembly having a body with a passage therethrough configured and contoured for said body to normally freely slide along said bar, including said curvature, when hanging on said bar, said body having a bottom contact surface for engaging a floor surface as a fulcrum; the bottom of said passage having a bar friction engagement surface on a bottom portion thereof whereby said body is non-slidably engaged with said pry bar when said bottom contact surface is engaged with a floor surface under applied lifting force of said lifting lip against an object to be lifted.