Patent ID: 8534163

Claim:
A tool for removing sheathing and decking material, the tool comprising: a generally wedge-shaped head having a rear end and a front end; a handle having a free end portion and a base end portion, the base end portion being integrally connected to the head with the handle free end portion projecting rearwardly from the rear end of the head; a fulcrum member that removably connects to the head proximate the rear end thereof so that the fulcrum member extends in a direction transverse to the handle to provide a fulcrum during operation of the tool; and means for storing the fulcrum member; wherein the head comprises a bottom wall, a pair of opposite lateral side walls connected to and extending from opposite edges of the bottom wall, a rear wall disposed at the rear end and connected to the bottom wall and the side walls, a front wall disposed at the front end and connected to and extending between the bottom wall and the side walls, an interior space defined by the bottom, side, rear and front walls, and a support wall disposed in the interior space and extending between and connected to the side walls, the base end portion of the handle being integrally connected to the support wall; and wherein the side walls have a pair of aligned openings proximate the rear end of the head for receiving therethrough the fulcrum member.