Patent ID: 6866249

Claim:
A B-post extension device providing an adjustable support brace for forcing portions of a door opening of a damaged automobile apart for extraction of a victim or for bending other portions of the damaged automobile for other purposes used in conjunction with a power extension ram having a ram base and ram tip, the device comprising: a heel portion having a handle, said heel portion further having a front surface, a rear surface and two side portions, said side portions having a lower end with a bevel at each lower end forming support legs; a toe portion having a front surface and rear surface, said front surface including a support ridge; at least two slide bar arms positioned in parallel and attached between said heel portion and said toe portion, said two slide bar arms are welded in parallel between said rear surface of said toe portion and said front surface of said heel portion with reenforcement angle braces also attached to said supporting said slide bar arms and said front surface of said heel portion; and a sliding plate having holes slidably engaged with the slide bar arms, said sliding plate having a bracing bar attached to a front surface of said sliding plate to support said ram base of said extension ram when said ram tip is forcibly applied against said door opening of said damaged automobile, said holes of said sliding plate slightly larger than said slide bar arms, said bracing bar traversing a front surface of said sliding plate, said sliding plate moving freely along said slide bar arms when said sliding plate is perpendicular to said slide bar arms, but locking along said slide bar arms when tilted back, said sliding plate further comprising an upper end, a lower end, a waffled section on said front surface above said bracing bar, said upper end having a plurality of serrated teeth directed away from said front surface.