Panel lifter pry bar
AssigneeThe Stanley Works
InventorKenneth W. Hreha
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Abstract
A panel lifter pry bar comprises an integrally formed elongated bar with an elongated substantially rectilinear shank portion having a U-shaped portion at one end disposed to one side of the longitudinal axis of the shank portion, and an inverted U-shaped portion at the other end disposed to the other side of the longitudinal axis. At the end of the U-shaped portion spaced from the shank portion is a claw, and at the end of the inverted U-shaped portion, is an elongated panel lifter portion which extends at an obtuse angle to the shank portion. The U-shaped and inverted U-shaped portions provide fulcrums on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the shank portion for the claw and panel lifter portions respectively.
Claims16
A panel lifter pry bar comprising an integrally formed elongated bar having two ends and first and second opposite side surfaces and edges extending therebetween, said bar comprising:
- (a) an elongated substantially rectilinear shank portion intermediate the length thereof with opposite ends, said shank portion having a longitudinal axis extending between said ends, said first side surface of said shank portion defining a reference plane disposed upwardly and said second side surface of said shank portion defining a reference plane disposed downwardly;
- (b) a concave, U-shaped portion at one end of said shank portion extending downwardly of said downward reference plane, said U-shaped portion having opposite ends, one of which is joined to one of said opposite ends of said shank portion;
- (c) a convex inverted U-shaped portion at the other of said opposite ends of said shank portion and extending upwardly from said upward reference plane, said inverted U-shaped portion having opposite ends, one of which is joined to the other of said opposite ends of said shank portion;
- (d) a claw portion on the other of said opposite ends of said U-shaped portion and extending upwardly of said upward reference plane;
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- (e) an elongated panel lifter portion to the other of said opposite ends of said inverted U-shaped portion and extending at an angle downwardly of said downward reference plane, said U-shaped and inverted U-shaped portions providing fulcrums for said claw and panel lifter portions respectively on opposite sides of said reference planes of said shank portion.
A panel lifter pry bar comprising an integrally formed elongated bar having two ends and first and second opposite side surfaces and edges extending therebetween, said bar comprising:
- (a) an elongated substantially rectilinear shank portion intermediate the length thereof with opposite ends, said shank portion having a longitudinal axis extending between said ends, said first side surface of said shank portion defining a reference plane disposed upwardly and said second side surface of said shank portion defining a reference plane disposed downwardly;
- (b) a concave, U-shaped portion at one end of said shank portion extending downwardly of said downward reference plane, said U-shaped portion having oppositene of which is joined to one of said opposite ends of said shank portion;
- (c) a convex, inverted U-shaped portion at the other of said opposite ends of said shank portion and extending upwardly from said upwardly reference plane, said inverted U-shaped portion having opposite ends, one of which is joined to the other of said opposite ends of said shank portion;
- (d) a claw portion on the other of said opposite ends of said U-shaped portion and extending upwardly of said upward reference plane;
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- (e) an elongated panel lifter portion to the other of said ends of said inverted U-shaped portion and extending at an angle downwardly of said downward reference plan, said U-shaped and inverted U-shaped portions providing fulcrums for said claw and panel lifter portions respectively on opposite sides of said reference planes of said shank portion, said claw portion extending substantially perpendicularly to said longitudinally axis of said shank portion, said panel lifter portion being convex arcuate along its longitudinal axis relative to said upward reference plane, said claw and panel lifter portions extending to opposite sides of said longitudinal axis of said shank portion.
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