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US 3,940,170 AGranted
Hand pinner and knee kicker
OwnerWilliam H. Williamsinventor
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Abstract
A knee kicker which also incorporates means for intensifying the force of the blow to the carpet engaging head in carpet laying.
Claims1
The combination with a knee kicker having a shank, a carpet-engaging head with depending prongs, and a padded head engageable by the knee to stretch the carpet;
- of a peripheral shoulder formed on said shank adjacent to said carpet engaging head and defining a stop;
- and a weight slidably mounted on said shank and forcefully moveable by hand from the padded head to and against said stop to impart a sharp tug to said carpet by said carpet engaging-head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.