Abstract
A construction tool and method of using the tool. The tool includes a handle connected with a claw by a pivot near the bottom of the handle. The claw engages with a workpiece by penetrating the workpiece with a tooth point that is angled back from the claw toward the pivot. An anchor on the handle may engage with the floor. Pulling the handle away from the workpiece pivots the handle away from the claw at the top of the handle and toward the claw at the bottom. With the claw engaged with the workpiece and the anchor engaged with the floor, pulling the handle pulls the claw toward the handle, pulling the workpiece toward the user. Where the workpiece is a wall frame, the tool may facilitate securing the wall frame with an exterior surface that is flush against a lower-level structure located below the wall frame.