Patent ID: 8136255

Claim:
An adjustable carpet trimming device for cutting excess carpet portions along an existing baseboard during carpet installation procedures, said carpet trimming device comprising: a base having top and bottom surfaces; a tucker appendage located at an intermediate position along said front edge of said base, said tucker appendage protruding outwardly from said base for providing a downward force to the excess carpet portions and thereby propelling an edge of the excess carpet portions under said bottom surface of said base; a height adjustment plate positioned above said base and having first and second arms extending proximally above said base; a baseboard plate conjoined to a forward edge of said height adjustment plate and being registered orthogonal thereto; a plurality of axles attached to said baseboard plate and a plurality of rollers rotatably positioned thereabout, said rollers extending forwardly of a forward face of said baseboard plate and adapted to engage said existing baseboard during cutting operations; means for cutting the excess carpet portions, said cutting means being coupled to said height adjustment and baseboard plates respectively; and, a handle statically attached to said base and extending upwardly therefrom, said handle being intermediately seated between said first and second arms of said height adjustment plate; wherein said trimming device further comprises an adjustment means for selectively adjusting a vertical height of said height adjustment plate between raised and lowered positions such that said cutting means is positioned along the excess carpet portions; wherein a bottom edge of said height adjustment plate is situated above said top surface of said base when said height adjustment plate is disposed at a lowest-most position.