Patent ID: 7150064

Claim:
A masonry hand tool comprising a length of material bent or otherwise formed to define: (a) a substantially straight elongated runner having opposed ends with an upturned end at one of the ends thereof; and (b) a handle portion extending from the other end of the runner, said handle portion having a length less than that of the runner and comprising: i) a first connecting portion extending from the other end of the runner; ii) a substantially straight first portion generally parallel to the runner and extending from the first connecting portion in the general direction of the one end of the runner; iii) a second connecting portion extending from an end of the substantially straight first portion in a general direction toward the runner with the second connecting portion having a length less than that of the first connecting portion; and iv) a substantially straight second portion between the substantially straight first portion and the runner generally parallel to the runner and extending from the second connecting portion in a general direction back toward the first connecting portion.