Hydraulic ram attachment for a rescue tool

Abstract

The invention is an attachment for a hydraulic rescue tool and a method of using the attachment. The attachment comprises a front face; a rear face; two opposing outer side faces; an inner bottom face, having grooves therein and being angled upwardly from the front face to the rear face; two inner side faces, the inner side faces being inclined with respect to the inner bottom face and having longitudinal grooves therein; the faces forming a unitary body having a generally flat V-shaped cross section. The method of using the tool includes providing an attachment tool having a front face; a rear face; two opposing outer side faces; an inner bottom face, having grooves therein and being angled upwardly from the front face to the rear face; two inner side faces, the inner side faces being inclined with respect to the inner bottom face and having longitudinal grooves therein; the faces forming a unitary body having a generally flat V-shaped cross section; attaching the attachment to a rescue tool; bracing the attachment against a portion of an object to be displaced; and activating the rescue tool to displace the object.

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