Lift bar
OwnerBob L. Bowlininventor
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Abstract
A lift bar for disassembling a structure while preserving the components for reuse includes a handle and a fork-like member connected thereto. Upon the manual depression of the handle, the fork-like member pivots upward to pry a board or a sheet of building material away from an underlying support member. The lift bar also includes a deflecting assembly removably mounted on the handle so as to deflect a loosened sheet of material away from an operator.
Claims32
A lift bar for disassembling structures by prying boards or sheets of material off of support members, comprising a handle having a pair of ends;
- a fork-like member attached to one end of said handle such that said fork-like member and said handle form an obtuse angle therebetween;
- and deflecting means, removably mounted on said handle between said ends thereof, for deflecting a sheet of material away from said handle and hence an operator who is stationed at an opposite end of said handle and who is using said lift bar to remove sheets of material.
An attachment for a lift bar adapted to disassemble structures by prying boards or sheets of material off of support members and including a handle having a pair of ends and a fork-like member attached to one end of said handle such that said fork-like member and said handle form an obtuse angle therebetween, said attachment comprising deflecting means for deflecting a sheet of material away from the handle of the lift bar and hence an operator who is using the lift bar to remove sheets of material;
- and mounting means for removably mounting said deflecting means on the handle of the lift bar between the ends thereof.
A lift bar for disassembling structures by prying boards or sheets of material off of support members, comprising a handle having a pair of ends;
- a fork-like member attached to one end of said handle such that said fork-like member and said handle form an obtuse angle therebetween;
- and deflecting means, mounted on said handle between said ends thereof, for deflecting a sheet of material away from said handle and hence an operator who is stationed at an opposite end of said handle and who is using said lift bar to remove sheets of material, said deflecting means including a deflector plate extending outwardly from a side of said handle which faces a sheet of material being removed, whereby said deflector plate engages a sheet of material during its removal, and adjusting means for adjusting the position of said deflecting means along the length of said handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.