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US 10,518,391 B2Granted
Mat and floor covering puller
OwnerPeter A. Dvorscakinventor
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Abstract
A puller including a plurality of pivoted lever members carrying gripper members for securely gripping a mat, pad, carpet or the like for ease in sliding movement and placement thereof. An adjustable handle including a pair of hollow shafts which receive therein slidable shafts each carrying a spring loaded button which can be positioned in a series of openings in the hollow shafts for adjusting the length of the handle so the user can work from a standing position.
Claims8
A puller for gripping a mat, pad, or carpet or the like for aiding in the movement and placement thereof;
- said puller including a pair of pivoted lever members and a plurality of gripping members mounted on said lever members;
- each said pivoted lever member having a gripper member secured thereto that cooperates with another gripper member carried by and secured to an adjacent pivoted lever member;
- each of said gripper members having gripping surfaces thereon for securely gripping said mat, pad, or carpet;
- said puller being provided with an adjustable length handle, said adjustable length handle including a hand grip portion wide enough to be gripped by two hands of a person using said puller, said adjustable length handle including a pair of hollow shafts, said hollow shafts receiving therein slidable shafts each carrying a spring loaded button selectively positional in a series of openings in said hollow shafts for adjusting the length of said adjustable length handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.