Tool for removing staples

A staple remover comprising

• a. a generally cylindrical handle,
• b. a unitary shank projecting axially from the handle and having a part adjacent the handle which is upwardly bowed between its ends,
• a blade part formed as a forward extension of the bowed part of the shank and forming an obtuse angle therewith, and having a lower surface,
• the entire lower surface of the blade part extending in a straight line from the obtuse angle area to lie flat on a surface in which a staple is embedded, and
• c. a work part forming the forward end of the blade part having a surface at its distal end, and comprising
• i. Spaced lower and upper jaws separated by a horizontal slot which extends rearwardly from the distal end of the work part entirely across the work part and is of sufficient height to receive the bridge of a staple,
• ii. The lower jaw having curved side edges which converge to a point at the distal end of the lower jaw and having an upwardly and rearwardly inclined upper surface extending from the lower surface of the distal end of the blade part to the slot and forming with the flat lower surface of the blade part a sharp leading edge point,
• iii. The upper jaw terminating at its distal end in a sharp transverse edge positioned rearwardly of the forward end of the lower jaw and forwardly of the bottom of the slot, and
• iv. The upper jaw having an upwardly and rearwardly inclined upper surface at its distal end which is aligned with the upper surface of the lower jaw.