Back to results
US 5,501,496 AGranted
Wire mesh puller
OwnerRobert S. Ramosinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A hand tool for lifting wire mesh during the pouring of concrete slabs has an elongated rigid shank with a depending tooth at one end and a handle at the other end that is parallel to the tooth, and which extends somewhat above the shank so that one gripping the handle may place the index finger above the shank to provide the tool as an extension of the arm of the user.
Claims4
A wire mesh puller comprising
- an elongated rigid shank having an upper and a lower side,
- a substantially straight tooth depending laterally from the lower side of said shank at an outer end thereof, and
- a handle attached to an inner end of said shank in substantially perpendicular relation thereto and substantially parallel relation to said tooth and having a major portion depending from the lower side of said shank and a minor portion extending above the upper side of said shank sufficient to accommodate gripping by the index finger of a hand having the remaining fingers thereof disposed about said handle below said shank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.