Patent ID: 7431266

Claim:
A post puller for extracting a post embedded in the ground, said puller comprising, a longitudinal support member, said support member having means for operatively conjoining with a lifting force device providing an upward force sufficient to extract an embedded post, said support member having means for operatively conjoining with a carriage for ease and convenience of portability, said support member having an upper longitudinal support pedestal and a lower longitudinal support pedestal, each said pedestal permanently affixed to said support member, said support member further having a positioning handle, said handle operatively and permanently affixed to said upper longitudinal support pedestal and to a handle pedestal, said handle pedestal permanently affixed to said support member; a plurality of clutching fixtures, one each said clutching fixture for each said support pedestal, each of said fixtures fabricated from a single rectangular piece of durable metal, the fabrication producing a horizontal rectangular plate and a vertical rectangular plate, each said plate perpendicular to the other, said horizontal plate having an anterior clutch surface, a posterior clutch surface, a forward clutch edge, and a clutch jaw of generally V shape, said clutch jaw having a pair of clutch jaw edges, said clutch jaw extending from said forward clutch edge, said clutch jaw extending through from the anterior clutch surface to the posterior clutch surface, said vertical plate having an anterior slot surface, a posterior slot surface, and a pair of slots flanking each said clutch jaw of each said horizontal plate, each of said slots having an upper slot edge and operatively formed to receive and securely hold a portion of loose chain, said posterior slot surface of each said clutching fixture fixedly attached to one of each said support pedestals, said clutch jaw of each of said clutching fixtures operatively longitudinally aligned with said longitudinal support member, said forward clutch edge facing away from said support member; said post puller maneuverable with said positioning handle, positioning each of said plurality of clutch jaws proximate to a portion of the post to be extracted from the ground, providing for loose chain to be positioned at each said clutching fixture, a portion of the chain encircling the post tightly at each said clutching fixture, each end portion of the loose chain secured in one of each said pair of slots, each said pair of opposed clutch jaw edges of said clutch jaws in contact with a portion of the chain at each said clutching fixture, a portion of each chain interposed between a portion of the post and each said clutch jaw of each said clutching fixture, upon application of lifting and extraction force providing and maintaining a firm clutching force between the post and each of said clutching fixtures, for extracting a post embedded in the ground.