Patent ID: 7874074

Claim:
A tool for removing a windshield from a vehicle comprising: a housing having an upper end, a lower end and an outer wall; a detachable, L-shaped severing blade depending from the lower end, said blade having a horizontal lower portion and a vertical portion upwardly extending therefrom; a butane-fueled heating means for heating said severing blade; a cavity formed at a lower end of said housing having said blade received therein; a spring-biased plate positioned within said cavity, said plate having a plurality of locking tabs extending therefrom; a plurality of longitudinally disposed apertures on said severing blade, each of said apertures dimensioned and positioned to receive any one of said locking tabs; a release button on said housing; a displacement fork attached to said release button and engaging said plate, said fork having a first tine adjacent to a first side edge of the vertical portion of said blade, and a second tine adjacent to an opposing side edge of the vertical portion, each of said first tine and said second tine having a distal end that engages an intermediate portion of the plate whereby depressing said button causes the fork to push the plate away from said blade to disengage the tabs from the apertures, thereby releasing the blade.