Patent ID: 7658368

Claim:
A nail extractor adapted to be actuated by a powered tool said extractor comprising: a housing having elongated sides which are angular and an interior cavity, a top having a threaded opening, an open bottom, and a port in a portion of said sides said port contiguous with said open bottom; a spindle, predominately threaded to mate with the threads of said threaded opening so as to descend and ascend within said housing when turned clockwise and counterclockwise, respectively, said spindle having a distal end and a hexagonally-shaped proximal end; and a claw assembly attached to said distal end of said spindle so as to allow said spindle to turn freely while said assembly is prevented from turning by confinement within said housing wherein said claw has a shaped mimicking said angular sides of said housing sized to fit within said housing interior cavity with said claw at least sized to prevent rotation of said claw assembly's said shape, said assembly having a claw formed by a cleft in said assembly said cleft capable of engaging with an exposed nail head and shank of a nail embedded in a substrate thus facilitating extraction of said nail from said substrate when said extractor is actuated by said power tool attached to said hexagonally-shaped end of said threaded spindle.