Patent ID: 8146460
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: E04D,E04G

Abstract:
1. A tool for lifting building materials while pulling nails, comprising a blade having a front edge, a rear edge, two side edges, an upper surface, and a bottom surface, said bottom surface being semi-cylindrically convex as viewed looking at said tool edge-on towards either of said side edges; a boss on said upper surface for attaching a handle, said boss being closer to said rear edge than to said front edge; said side edges in the region of said blade between said boss and said front edge being convex; said front edge being convex and indented by a plurality of slots each having a closed end and an open mouth; each of said slots having slot edges comprising arcs of progressively larger overlapping circles sized from smallest to largest, the smallest of said circles being at the closed end of said slots and the circles progress in size in the direction of said front edge until the largest of said circles overlaps said front edge to define the open mouth of said slots.