Patent ID: 7836743

Claim:
A material bending apparatus comprising: a handle assembly comprising, a first handle having first and second ends, and a second handle having first and second ends; a pivot rod having an upper and a lower end; a brace having an upper end and a lower end; said handle assembly forming a cantilever such that said first ends of said first and second handles fixedly engage a cam shaft of a brake and said second ends of said first and second handles slidingly engage said upper end of said pivot rod; said pivot rod being pivotably engaged to said brace; said upper end of said brace being fixedly connected to a back rail of a brake; whereby a user engages said lower end of said pivot rod with the user's foot causing said pivot rod to rotate about said brace, and causing said pivot rod to slidingly engage said handle assembly, and causing said handle assembly to engage the cam shaft of the brake so as to rotate the cam shaft of the brake.