Patent ID: 7389971

Claim:
A leverage tool for operating a ratchet buckle having an operating lever pivotable about a pivot axis and a first ratchet buckle member, spaced-apart from the operating lever, the leverage tool comprising: a bar member having a bar axis with a first receiver, positioned at a first end of the bar member, and a second receiver spaced-apart from the first receiver along the bar axis, the first receiver being engageable with the first ratchet buckle member and the second receiver being engageable simultaneously with the operating lever member for pivoting the operating lever about the pivot axis; and a handle insertion channel defined continuously in a section of the bar member, contiguous to the first end of the bar member and the first receiver, and a handle retention member mounted to the bar member and extending above a longitudinal opening of the handle insertion channel, the handle insertion channel being designed to at least partially insert therein a binder handle, the handle retention member preventing the binder handle from being released from the handle insertion channel while pivoting the binder handle about a pivot axis of a binder.