Patent ID: 7118093

Claim:
A hand operated tool for extracting an elongated object that is embedded in the surface of a body, the tool comprising: a) an elongated, movable first handle member comprising a first, upper end portion divided into two matching legs, the legs being separated by an opening; b) a corresponding second handle member comprising a first, upper end extending through the opening between a first and a second one of the legs, the second handle member being pivotally attached to the first leg and the second leg, the second handle member comprising a first jaw member at its first end; c) a floating head portion pivotally attached to the first and second legs, the floating head portion comprising a second jaw member and an adjacent, upper curved edge; and d) two matching lever bars, each being pivotally connected at one end portion of the lever bar to the second handle member and at an opposite end portion of the lever bar to the floating head portion, the lever bars facing one another from opposite sides of the tool; and wherein the second jaw member is engaged against the first jaw member when the tool is in a closed position, and disengaged from the first jaw member when the tool is in an open position; and wherein an upper, curved edge of the floating head portion is flattened and oriented perpendicular to the second jaw member.