Timber wedge
OwnerJohn Madjaracinventor
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Abstract
An improved timber wedge featuring an elongated wedge shaped body formed of natural materials such as wood or plastic or other synthetic material. The wedge shaped body is protected from hammer blows incurred during use by a removable impact protection cap mounted upon the striking end of the wedge which also reinforces the wedge body at the impact end. The cap is held to the body by a screw therethrough which friction mounts to cooperating threads in the wedge body interior or cooperatively engages a nut in an in line relationship with the screw and accessible from the side of the wedge. Releasable glue may also be used to hold the impact resistant cap to the wedge shaped body.
Claims20
A wedge apparatus comprising:
- an elongated wedge shaped body formed of a non metallic material said wedge shaped body comprising:
- a striking end;
- a second end opposite said striking end;
- an upper surface and a lower surface both of said surfaces extending from said second end to said striking end;
- a pair of opposing side walls of determined dimension diverging from said second end to said striking end defining a calculated rise of said upper surface from said lower surface;
- a strike protection means located upon said striking end of said wedge shaped body whereby said striking end of said body is protected from impact;
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- an attachment means for removably mounting said strike protection means upon said striking end of said wedge shaped body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.