Patent ID: 8505876

Claim:
A tool for forcing a door, wherein the tool ( 1 ) comprises: an elongated shaft ( 2 ) having a front end ( 3 ) and a rear end ( 4 ); a first handgrip ( 10 ) located between the front end ( 3 ) and the rear end ( 4 ) of the shaft ( 2 ); and a head ( 5 ) fixed to the shaft ( 2 ) at the front end ( 3 ) thereof, the head ( 5 ) having a base part ( 6 ) provided with a striking surface ( 7 ) on a first side for receiving impacts from a striking tool and a wedge part ( 8 ) extending from the base part ( 6 ) on the opposite side thereof essentially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the shaft ( 2 ), the tool ( 1 ) comprises a second handgrip ( 11 ) located between the first handgrip ( 10 ) and the rear end ( 4 ) of the shaft ( 2 ); and the shaft ( 2 ) is provided with a support member ( 30 ) located between the first handgrip ( 10 ) and the second handgrip ( 11 ), the support member ( 30 ) protruding from the shaft ( 2 ) on the same side of the shaft as the wedge part ( 8 ) so as to allow the support member ( 30 ) to abut against a door surface and thereby support the shaft ( 2 ) against the door surface when the tip ( 9 ) of the wedge part ( 8 ), by a person holding the tool ( 1 ) with the hands grasping said handgrips ( 10 , 11 ), is pressed into a slot formed between a door and its doorframe.