Patent ID: 7618020

Claim:
A tool for lifting an object which comprises: (a) a pry bar having a first end towards a user and an opposed second end for prying the object defining a longitudinal axis of the pry bar with a thickness between a top surface and a bottom surface; and (b) an adjustable and removable fulcrum member having a cylindrical shape with a first end and a second end defining a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical shape of the fulcrum member and with a sidewall defining and extending a center bore around the longitudinal axis between the ends, the fulcrum member having at least two, spaced apart first and second slots extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fulcrum member, each slot having an open end adjacent the first end of the fulcrum member wherein a first slot is configured to be towards the user and the second slot is configured to be towards the object to be lifted, wherein the fulcrum member is configured to be slidably mounted on the pry bar between the first and second ends of the pry bar so that the pry bar extends between two of the slots through the fulcrum member and wherein the thickness of the pry bar between the top surface and the bottom surface is less than a width of the first and second slots such that the bottom surface of the pry bar engages a lower of opposed sides of the first slot and engages an upper of opposed sides of the second slot when the first end towards the user is pressed down for prying the object; wherein the fulcrum member has a third slot towards the object to be lifted and wherein a distance around a circumference of the sidewall in a clockwise direction between the first slot and the third slot is greater than a distance around the circumference of the sidewall in the clockwise direction between the first slot and the second slot.