Patent ID: 8348254

Claim:
A carpet pad separator for creating a separation between a carpet and its underlying substrate thereby preventing wicking of a substance contained on the substrate into the carpet, the apparatus comprising; a lifting body containing a lifting tip extending away from said lifting body at a substantially perpendicular angle to a longitudinal axis of said lifting body, said lifting tip located at an first end of said lifting body, and sized to pass through the weave of the backing of a carpet; a body handle attached to and extending from a second and opposite end of said lifting body at a substantially perpendicular angle to said lifting body's longitudinal axis; a support rod having as straight support rod tip located at a first end of the support rod, said straight support rod tip sized to pass through the backing of the carpet's weave, passed through an annular retention feature on said lifting body, and oriented to lie substantially parallel with said lifting body's longitudinal axis; a support handle attached to and extending from a second and opposite end of said support rod at a substantially perpendicular angle to a longitudinal axis of said support handle; wherein said support rod tip may be extended away from said first lifting tip engaging the underlying supporting substrate thereby separating the carpet from the underlying substrate.