Portable device for stretching and installing carpet

摘要

A portable device for stretching carpet and the like for installation over a floor surface comprises a cylinder carried by a handle member having a spring biased piston slideably carried therein, a piston rod connected to the piston extends through one end of the cylinder having a leg member depending therefrom for engaging the carpet to be installed, a support member depending from one end of the handle member being receivable behind a floor mounted wood strip to which the carpet is to be attached, and means for moving the piston so as to overcome the spring bias stretching the carpet engaged by the leg member toward the support member so that it can be attached to the floor mounted wood strip.