Carpet stretcher and method for stretching carpet

Implements or apparatus for applying pushing or pulling force – Portable implements or apparatus for tensioning flexible... – Material comprises resilient floor covering

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B25B 2500

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056810318

ABSTRACT:
A carpet stretcher foot comprising a base plate and a carpet stretcher receptacle pivotally connected to the base plate. The base plate has a plurality of nail holes adjacent its periphery. The carpet stretcher receptacle is rotatable about the base plate a full 360.degree. whereby the base plate may be secured to a floor with a carpet therebetween and the receptacle may be rotated relative to the floor and the base plate a full 360.degree. in stretching the carpet. There is also provided a method for stretching carpet comprising removably securing a carpet stretcher foot to a floor with a carpet to be stretched therebetween, the foot having a base plate and a carpet stretcher receptacle pivotally secured to the base plate, the receptacle being rotatable about the base plate a full 360.degree., the carpet stretcher having a stretcher head and an expandable tube positioned within the receptacle at one end thereof, the stretcher head being secured to the other end of the tube, the tube has opposite ends, stretching the carpet radially away from the foot with the carpet stretcher extending radially from the foot in spaced apart positions extending the length of the expandable tube, repeating the stretching step at radially spaced apart positions, repeating the expanding and the stretching steps until the carpet has been stretched from the foot to the positions adjacent the periphery to the floor, and removing the foot from the floor.

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