Hand-held, self-powered paver moving tool with an operator-supported rechargeable vacuum power pack

A hand-held, self-powered paver moving tool with an operator-supported rechargeable vacuum power pack, the tool comprising:

• a. a suction head having, a contact surface and an opposed attachment surface, the contact surface being configured to be detachably secured adjacent an approximately flat surface of a paver, the suction head defining a suction-head throughbore passing between the contact surface and the attachment surface;
• b. a shaft having a bottom end and an opposed top end of the shaft, the bottom end of the shaft being secured to the attachment surface of the suction head;
• c. a lift-handle secured to the top end of the shaft;
• d. one of a first and second rechargeable vacuum power pack operably coupled in fluid communication with the contact surface of the suction head for selectively applying a vacuum force through the suction-head throughbore to the contact surface, the rechargeable vacuum power packs being configured to be supported by an operator of the self-powered paver moving tool while the operator is using the paver moving tool, the first rechargeable vacuum power pack being supported on the paver moving tool and the second rechargeable vacuum power pack being supported on a backpack on the operator of the tool;
• and,
• e. wherein the first and second rechargeable vacuum power packs further comprise a vacuum pump secured to a support assembly, a suction line extending in fluid communication between the vacuum pump and the suction-head throughbore of the suction head, a rechargeable battery detachably secured to a battery mount on the support assembly, an electrical circuit extending in electrical communication between the battery and a vacuum-pump switch on the lift handle and also extending between the battery and the vacuum pump and for selectively providing power to operate the vacuum pump by operation of the vacuum-pump switch.