Patent ID: 8397471

Claim:
A flooring material straightening tool for straightening flooring material laid over floor joists having a thickness comprising: a squared “U” shaped wedge body having a pair of spaced apart legs; the legs spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the thickness of the floor joists; the wedge body having a bottom planar side and an upper side tapering with respect to the bottom planar side from a head end downwardly toward a distal end of the legs; a squared “U” shaped planar chisel plate shaped to conform with the shape of the bottom planar side of the wedge body and having a pair of legs spaced apart a distance creating an opening wherein the legs are spaced apart a distance slightly smaller than the thickness of the floor joists; the chisel plate having a chisel edge along the inside spaced apart edges of the legs of the chisel plate that chisel into the joist thereby preventing the tool from moving away from the flooring; the chisel plate mounted to the planar side of the wedge body.