Pry bar

A pry bar comprising:

• an elongated shaft at least 12 inches long to be positioned upright and rotated in a selected plane, having a predetermined lateral width and including first and second extremities;
• the first extremity being in the form of a handle;
• a tool formed with a wedge;
• and
• a laterally elongated fulcrum plate interposed between the second extremity and the tool having a lateral width of less than ⅜ of an inch and first and second opposite upper and lower edges, the first and second opposite upper and lower edges expanding laterally and distally beyond the predetermined cross-section of the shaft and formed on the first upper edge to curve longitudinally and laterally inwardly and form a rounded edge surface so that, when the elongated oval fulcrum plate is disposed in the selected plane, a workman may grasp the shaft and thrust the shaft and the tool forwardly to engage the wedge with a workpiece to cause the wedge to penetrate the workpiece so that as the shaft is rotated in the selected plane, the rounded edge surface will act as a fulcrum about which the bar may be pried.