Patent ID: 6029545
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
A material removing tool having a handle with an attached thin blade, the blade having a relatively short front portion with a leading edge and a relatively long back portion integral with the front portion; the blade having a straight top surface common to both the entire front and back portions; the back portion having a straight bottom surface parallel to the top surface; the front portion tapered and having a straight bottom surface extending from the bottom surface of the back portion upwardly to the top surface to form the leading edge of the blade, the leading edge of the blade generally in the plane of the top surface; the front portion being at least one and one quarter inch long in a blade one eighth of an inch thick to have the bottom surface on the front portion extend upwardly at a relatively small angle thus forming the front portion into a long, thin, tapered wedge to easily cam material upwardly.