Post removing device

Claim 1

A POST REMOVING DEVICE COMPRISING BASE MEANS HAVING AN UPPER END AND A LOWER END, SAID LOWER END BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH A SUPPORTING SURFACE, A CROSS-BAR MEMBER HAVING TWO ENDS, HINGE MEANS SECURED TO SAID UPPER END OF SAID BASE MEANS AND PIVOTALLY CARRYING SAID CROSSBAR MEMBER INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS, ONE END OF SAID CROSSBAR MEMBER DEFINING A HANDLE MEMBER, POST GRIPPING MEANS SECURED TO THE OTHER END OF SAID CROSS-BAR MEMBER, PORTIONS OF SAID POST GRIPPING MEANS DEFINING A BEARING SURFACE ENGAGEABLE WITH ONE SIDE OF THE POST, A WEDGE MEANS SECURED TO SAID POST GRIPPING MEANS AND HAVING A WEDGE MEMBER ENGAGEABLE WITH THE POST AT A POINT DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO THE POINT WHERE SAID BEARING SURFACE ENGAGES THE SAME, WHEREBY DOWNWARD PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID HANDLE MEMBER ENGAGES THE POST BETWEEN SAID BEARING SURFACE AND SAID WEDGE MEMBER TO PULL THE POST UPWARDLY, SAID POST GRIPPING MEANS BEING ADJUSTABLE TO ACCOMMODATE POSTS OF DIFFERENT CROSS SECTIONAL DIMENSIONS AND INCLUDING A FIRST SUBSTANTIALLY L-SHAPED MEMBER HAVING ONE LEG SECURED TO SAID OTHER END OF SAID CROSSBAR MEMBER, AND A SECOND LEG EXTENDING AT SUBSTANTIALLY A RIGHT ANGLE TO SAID ONE LEG IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO SAID CROSS-BAR MEMBER, SECOND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO MEMBER HAVING ONE LEG DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID ONE LEG OF SAID FIRST L-SHAPED MEMBER AND A SECOND LEG EXTENDING AT SUBSTANTIALLY A RIGHT ANGLE TO SAID ONE LEG AND BEING TELESCOPINGLY ENGAGED WITH SAID SECOND LEG OF SAID FIRST L-SHAPED MEMBER, AND ADJUSTING MEANS SELECTIVELY SECURING SAID FIRST AND SECOND L-SHAPED MEMBERS IN ADJUSTED RELATION, SAID WEDGE MEANS BEING CARRIED BY THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID FIRST LEG OF SAID FIRST L-SHAPED MEMBER, AND SAID BEARING SURFACE BEING DEFINED BY THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID FIRST LEG OF SAID SECOND L-SHAPED MEMBER.