US1919840A - Knee kicker - Google Patents

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July 25, 1933. E. v. HOOBLER KNEE KICKER Filed Dec. 51, 1929 Patented Jul 25,1933

UNITED STATES PATENT: OFFICE" ELZBA vfnzoosmm, or WATERVILLE, onro' KNEE KIGKER 1 i Application filed December 31, 1929. .Serial 170.417.783.

use ofsuch a stretching implement, and one.

of the improved features lies in the construction of the'teeth or pron-gs which are allowed to penetrate the carpet to only a predetermined extent, thereby holding the carpet while preventing the prongs fro-m scratching or marring'thefloor.

This makes it unnecessary to provide for regulating or adjustingdevices for .the teeth,

and the extent of penetration thereof. Another improved feature lies in'the construction of the handle or head which is made good and strong and yet is'a soft pad to be bumped with the knee of the user in stretching the carpet.

In the accompanying drawing: Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the application of the implement; p

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the pad; and

Fig. 3 is a similar view through the opposite end of the implement.

The implement is provided with a handlev 1 having a block 2 attached to one end there of, and glued or otherwise secured to this block is a pad 3 preferably of soft sponge rubber and of approximately the shape of r the block 2, covering the outer side thereof.-

A strip of leather 4 or other similar material, such as fabric or the like, is secured over the pad 3 and is metallic band 5. r At the opposite end of the handle 1 is a metallic head 6 having a'socket 7 receiving the end of the handle 1 for securely attaching the head thereto. ,A plate 8 is secured held in place .by a

beneath the head 6 by set screws 9, or other form of attaching means, and a lip 10 is formed on the outer edge of the plate 8 to prevent relative forward movement of the head.

Teeth or prongs 11 are fixed in the plate 8 and extend downwardly and forwardly therefrom, as shownin Fig. 3, at an angle to the plane of the plate. These teeth or prongs are provided with penetrating points 12 on the lower ends thereof, between which and thebody portions of the prongs or teeth are shoulders 13. These shoulders limit the extent to which the prongs may penetrate the carpet or other material and pre venttheprongs or teeth from extending through the carpet and causing injury. or a marring' of the floors, as so often happens where the extent ofpenetration is not limited.

By the provision of such shoulders, no adjusting means is required for otherwise regulating theextent of penetration, thus simplifying the construction and making it impossible forthe degree of penetration to change or vary. I

As is well known, this stretching imple- I ment is used in stretching the edges of the" carpet by placing the head over the carpet with the prongs penetrating the same, and

by bumping against the pad with the knee or limb of the person using the same, the carpet is stretched and may be secured in its proper position.

I claim: I

A stretching implement of the character described comprising a light metallic head, a facing plate having a solid portion with so perforations extending thereinto from the under side, a plurality of prongs or teeth fixed in the perforations, said prongs or teeth comprising pins of equal length andbeing v of approximately uniform diameter throughout a major portion of their length and having a reduced point for engagingand holding a carpet or the like, and a shoulder formed-on each tooth or prong at the junc ture of the reduced point with the uniform .90 major portion for regulating the extent of penetration into the carpet, the inner ends of the pins abutting the head and being secured in the solid portion with said sh'oulders equally solid portion. ELBA V. HOOBLER.

spaced downwardly from said

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