Roofer's bundle tool
OwnerThomas M. Hoffmanninventor
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Abstract
A tool is disclosed for lifting and carrying a bundle of shakes or shingles by hooking onto the band of material that holds the bundle together. The tool includes a handle and at least two hooks attached to the handle for engaging the band of the bundle. The handle is designed to prevent the skinning of a roofer's knuckles or the pinching of his fingers by providing adequate separation between a grip portion of the handle and a portion of the handle that supports the hooks. The hooks include offsets which help align the tool with the center of gravity of the bundle and may be provided with gaffs to ease their insertion under the band. In certain embodiments of this invention the handle is modified to provide a sharp cutting edge for puncturing, chopping or slicing through the band.
Claims8
A ROOFER'S BUNDLE TOOL comprising:
- elongated handle means including
- a grip portion, and
- a hook support portion coupled to said grip portion and spaced therefrom sufficiently to permit a roofer's fingers and knuckles to fit between said grip portion and said hook support portion, said grip portion and said hook support portion lying within a common plane;
- and
- hook means including at least two spaced apart hooks, each hook having
- an offset portion extending angularly from said plane and having a first end attached to said hook support portion, and
- an elongated arcuate portion having a first end coupled to a second end of said offset portion, said arcuate portion extending through said plane and terminating at a second end in a bluntly conical tip, a section of the arcuate portion being bent away from said plane to form a gaff.
A ROOFER'S BUNDLE TOOL comprising:
- handle means including
- a first elongated bar,
- a second elongated bar lying within a plane common to said first elongated bar, and
- a third elongated bar lying within said plane and having one end attached to said first bar and the other end attached to said second bar;
- and
- hook means including at least two spaced apart hooks, each hook having
- an offset portion extending angularly from said plane and having a first end attached to said third elongated bar, and
- an elongated arcuate portion having a first end coupled to a second end of said offset portion, said arcuate portion extending through said plane and terminating at a second end in a bluntly conical tip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.