Carpentry tool
OwnerWilliam D. Hoffmaninventor
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Abstract
A carpentry tool arranged for use as a fulcrum relative to a hammer in a carpentry environment includes a base plate formed with a trapezoidal housing extending partially along a top surface of the base plate, wherein the trapezoidal housing includes a top wall, a forward wall, and rear wall arranged for fulcruming surfaces. The housing includes a side wall orthogonally and coextensively oriented relative to a base plate first end as the housing side wall includes a handle pivotally mounted thereto. The handle is arranged with a longitudinal slot for longitudinal adjustment, as well as pivotal adjustment, of the handle relative to the housing. The handle may be formed with a tubular upper body portion to contain a hand lotion dispensing central cavity directed through a sponge cover.
Claims6
A carpentry tool, comprising,
- a base plate, the base plate including a base plate first end spaced from a base plate second end, and
- a base plate forward side edge spaced from and parallel a base plate rear side edge, and
- the base plate extending from the first end to the second end a predetermined first length, and the base plate extending from the base plate forward side edge to the base plate rear side edge a predetermined width, and
- housing means mounted to the base plate, wherein the housing means is integrally secured to a top surface of the base plate for providing a fulcrum surface, and
- the housing means includes a housing top wall arranged parallel to and above the base plate, a housing forward wall extending from the top wall to the base plate forward side edge, and a housing rear wall extending from the top wall to the housing rear side edge, wherein the housing includes a housing first side wall orthogonally and coextensively mounted to the base plate first end and extending from the base plate first end a predetermined second length less that the predetermined first length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.