Method and device for removing windshields

A method of removing a windshield, comprising:

• a) providing a windshield disposed inside a frame and having an edge adhered to the frame with an adhesive, the windshield having an outside and an inside;
• b) inserting a member between the windshield and the frame;
• c) inserting a first end and a second end of a string from the outside of the windshield through the member to the inside of the windshield so that the string forms a loop on the outside of the windshield;
• d) applying the loop of the string along the edge of the windshield between the windshield and the frame;
• e) attaching the first end of the string to a first hoist mechanism of a first hand tool adhered to the inside of the windshield so that the first end forms an acute angle alpha with an edge of the windshield;
• f) pulling the first end of the string with the first hoist mechanism until the string cuts through the adhesive of the edge of the windshield;
• g) attaching the second end of the string to a second hoist mechanism of a second hand tool adhered to the inside of the windshield so that the first end forms an angle beta with the edge of the windshield;
• h) pulling the second end of the string until the string cuts through the adhesive of the edge of the windshield and until the string forms a right angle with the edge of the windshield;
• i) moving the second hand tool until the string forms an acute angle with the edge of the windshield;
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• j) pulling the second end of the string until the string cuts through the adhesive of the edge of the windshield and until the string forms a right angle with the edge of the windshield.