Patent ID: 7299846

Claim:
A tool for removing a material strip from a surface; the tool comprising: a collapsible body configurable in expanded and collapsed configurations; the expanded configuration of the body allowing the material strip to be wrapped about the body directly from the surface to form a wrapped material strip; the body being collapsible from the expanded configuration to the collapsed configuration after the material strip has been wrapped about the body; the collapsed condition of the body allowing the body to be removed from the wrapped material strip; the body defining a slot adapted to receive a portion of the material strip; the body including a pair of drum sections that define the slot; and the body including front and rear barrels that support the drum sections; the barrels being removable from the drum sections; each of the barrels having an inner end and an outer end; the inner ends of the barrels being interlocked to prevent relative rotation between the barrels; the interlocked barrels defining a longitudinal axis.