CARPET STRETCHER WITH UNIVERSAL BASE

摘要

A portable carpet stretching device for stretching carpeting at an angle into engagement with a tack strip (24) affixed along a wall. The device has a carpet-engaging head (12) and a relatively fixed base member (20). The front of the base member is attached by an extensible member (18) to the head member, and pivotally connected anchoring means (10) secure the base member adjacent the wall. Power applying means (26) force the head member and the base member apart, resulting in the portion of the carpet engaged by the head member being forced toward the adjacent wall and into contact with the tack strip. The anchoring means includes a pulling plate (42) having a lower edge adapted to engage the tack strip and an upper edge pivotally connected with a pair of elongate arms (54, 55) to the base member by a strap (60) which is pivotally mounted on a shaft (74) depending from a collar member (70). The collar preferably has two holes for selective pinning of the base thereto. A pressure plate (80)is also threaded on the shaft to hold the device down when the power means are being released.