Patent ID: 7163195

Claim:
A displaced force backing wedge comprising: a rigid wedge having a wedge shape that includes a thin front side and a thick rear side; and a rigid handle; said wedge having a plurality of rounded ridges extending from the left side of said wedge to the right side of said wedge at top most surface; said wedge having a centrally located slot extending perpendicularly from the front most thin edge of said wedge to a central mid point of said wedge; said handle fixedly and centrally attached to the rear side of said rigid wedge so that said handle extends outwardly parallel to and at right angles to the top surface of said wedge; said rounded ridges start as a small radius approximately one eighth of an inch and progress incrementally to a large radius of approximately one half of one inch; said front most thin portion of said wedge remaining relatively flat extending from said wedge for approximately one inch so as to act as a shield for stray hammer blows.