Fastener puller

A fastener puller for pulling a screw or a similar object having a head from a deck or another workpiece, comprising, in combination:

• a longitudinally and transversely extending base member having a front end portion and a rear end portion to define a cut-out, said base member having a generally planar bottom surface, first means joined to the front end portion for providing, at the juncture to the front end portion, a transverse fulcrum to facilitate the base member being pivoted from a generally horizontal position to a position to extend rearwardly and upwardly, an elongated slide mount joined to the base member rear portion to extend generally perpendicularly upwardly relative to the base member bottom surface, vertically movable second means adapted for extension between the object head and the workpiece for vertically pulling the object out of the workpiece, a slide member mounted on the slide mount for reciprocal movement to move the second means substantially parallel to the slide mount between an extended position that the second means is extendable between the workpiece and object head when the base member is pivoted about the fulcrum to extend upwardly and rearwardly and a retracted position whereby the object is separated from the workpiece, the second means being mounted to the slide mount for vertical movement therewith, and means connected between the slide mount and the slide member for vertically reciprocating the slide member between its positions.

A fastener puller for removing a screw or a similar object having a head from a deck or another workpiece into which the object extends, comprising a longitudinally and transversely extending base, an elongated main body joined to the base to extend vertically upwardly, vertically movable first means adapted for extension between the head and the workpiece for removing the object from the workpiece, and power operated means mounted to the main body for vertically reciprocating the first means between an extended position adapted for extension between the object head and the workpiece and a retracted object removed position, the base including transversely spaced, longitudinally elongated first and second legs having bottom surfaces, front end portions and rear end portions and a web joined to and extending between the legs rear end portions, the first means in its extended position, in part extending between the legs and being transversely spaced from the legs with the bottom surfaces of the first and second legs being abutable with the deck or the another workpiece, the first means including a slide member mounted to the main body for uni-axial movement relative to the main body, a shank portion connected to the slide member and a front portion, which extends forward from the shank portion, adapted for engaging the object and extending between the head and the workpiece, with the shank portion and the front portion being readily removably attached to the slide member and limited to concurrent uni-axial movement with the slide member relative to the main body, the first means having a maximum transverse dimension, and the legs having adjacent longitudinally extending edges that are transversely spaced from each other by a dimension that is many times greater than the first means maximum transverse dimension.

A fastener puller for pulling a screw or a similar object having a head from a deck or another workpiece, comprising, in combination:

• a base;
• an elongated main body joined to the base to extend vertically upwardly, with the main body having an elongated slide mount;
• a slide member mounted on the slide mount for vertical reciprocal movement;
• a claw mounted to the slide member for movement therewith, with the claw having a bottom surface abutable with the workpiece;
• power operated means for vertically reciprocating the slide member along the slide mount between a claw extended position whereby the claw is movable between the object head and the workpiece and a claw retracted object removed position;
• and means secured to the base for receiving a pushing force by a user's foot when the slide member is in the claw extended position and the claw bottom surface extends parallel to the workpiece or slightly inclined downwardly in a direction toward the object for forcing the claw between the object head and the workpiece.