Patent ID: 8517342

Claim:
An improved hand tool, of the type having an elongated base with proximal and distal ends and top and side surfaces, a fulcrum attached to said base proximate the distal end of said base, and an elongated pivoting lever with proximal and distal ends, said hand tool to be placed on an underlying floor and used for lifting, aligning and holding a side-hinged door along the bottom edge during installation of said door into a door frame, wherein the improvements comprising: a vertical guide extending from said base, a movable lifting member having front and rear portions, said rear portion having a bottom surface and a configuration which is adapted to allow said rear portion to cooperate with said vertical guides so as to limit the movement of said lifting member and said door with respect to said base to only vertical motions, said front portion having a configuration which is adapted to allow said front portion to lift said door along said door bottom edge and support said door over a sufficient portion of the width of said door so as to minimize the chance of the lateral tilting of said door during said installation, and wherein said pivoting lever having a configuration adapted to allow said proximal end of said lever to contact said bottom surface of said lifting member when a portion of said lever rests on said fulcrum and with said distal end of said lever extending beyond said fulcrum.