Patent ID: 7600305

Claim:
A seal pulling device comprising, in combination: an elongate cylindrical shank with a cylindrical surface, longitudinal axis, a handle end and a hook end with a shaped outer end section ( 18 ); a handle at the handle end of the shank, said shank including a first straight run at the hook end, and a second run at the handle end joined to the first run, said second run forming an angle with the first run; a push rod and fulcrum assembly attached to the shank intermediate the handle end and the hook end, said push rod assembly including an elongate fulcrum support member mounted on the shank first straight run for slidable movement longitudinally and independent rotational movement about the longitudinal axis of the shank on said first run and further including a mechanism for engaging the cylindrical shank surface to maintain the fulcrum support member at a fixed, non-rotatable, non-slidable position on the shank on said first run, said fulcrum support member extending generally transversely from the longitudinal axis ( 30 ) of said shank first run; a hook assembly attached to the first run at the shaped outer end section ( 18 ) of the hook end of the shank, said hook assembly including a flat, generally uniform thickness, generally thin, planar, hook member ( 40 ) sized to fit between a shaft and seal, said hook member ( 40 ) including a seal engaging flat, planar end hook section ( 44 ) extending transversely from a flat, planar hook member section ( 42 ); and an adjustable attachment device at an opposite end of said hook member for attaching the hook assembly to the shank outer end section ( 18 ), said adjustable attachment device including a connection mechanism for the hook member section ( 42 ) to allow rotational movement of the hook assembly about a pivot axis ( 54 ) generally transverse to the longitudinal axis ( 30 ) of the shank, said connection mechanism comprising first and second flats ( 50 , 52 ) on outside, opposite sides of the outer end section ( 18 ) of the hook end of the shank for cooperative placement of the flat, planar hook member section ( 42 ) against one of said flats, said flat end hook section ( 44 ) projecting parallel to the pivot axis ( 54 ) from the flat, planar hook member section ( 42 ) and a fastener for fixedly attaching the hook assembly against said one of said flats with the end hook section ( 44 ) transverse to said flats and extending parallel to the pivot axis ( 54 ) and said planar hook member section ( 42 ) parallel to the longitudinal axis ( 30 ).