Patent ID: 6959473

Claim:
A device for removal of woodwork or trim from the interior or exterior of buildings including; (a) a planar tool body member having a top portion, a center portion, and a bottom portion, the bottom portion tapering to a hard edge, the center portion including, in register, a lever pocket and a lifter plate pocket, the top portion including a striking surface extending perpendicularly from one side of the planar tool body member, the striking surface including an aperture accessing the lever pocket and the lifter plate pocket; (b) a planar lifter plate member biasedly mounted against the lifter plate pocket of the tool body member; and (c) an angled, lever bar member having a cross section greater in width than in thickness, the lever bar member tapered at one end to facilitate insertion thereof into the tool body member lever pocket via the aperture in the striking surface; (d) whereby the planar tool body member is driven between a wall and a trim piece secured to the wall, the angled, lever bar member is inserted into the lever pocket and pivoted at one edge thereof, to force the lifter plate member away from the lifter plate pocket of the planar tool body member, thereby separating the trim piece from the wall.