ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,122, issued on April 15.
"Carpet tile lifting apparatus and system for removing carpet tiles" was invented by Elwood Louis Gneckow Jr. (Royal Oak, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carpet tile lifting apparatus is disclosed comprises a base plate and a base plate cover coupled to each other via a snap-fit locking mechanism. The base plate is provided with a front cutting edge in a form of a pointed spike to slide underneath the carpet tile. The apparatus comprises two wings coupled at either side of the base plate cover. Further, the wings comprise a first blade and a second blade coupled with each other. The apparatus comprises ...