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2010 Product Lineup

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Butt Buddy
Stair Stretcher (SS-1000)
Air Stretcher (AS-1000 rev. 1)
Super Air Stretcher (AS-2000)
Air Mini Stretcher (MS-2000)
Junior Air Power Stretcher (JPS-1000-APN)
Junior Air Power Stretcher (JPS-2000)
Senior Air Power Stretcher (SPS-1000-RC)
Butt Buddy The Butt Buddy Universal Carpet Top Cutter is a revolutionary, patent pending, technology from the Pro-Stretch Carpet Installation System that greatly simplifies the seam cutting process on all types of carpet.
Stair Stretcher (SS-1000) The Stair Stretcher is a knee kicker replacement tool that reduces workplace injury and makes the process of stretching carpet on stairs easy and efficient.
Air Stretcher (AS-1000 rev. 1) This is the all new Air Stretcher that has evolved from the original "Air Kicker" knee kicker replacement tool. As with the Air Kicker the AS-1000 is used primarily as a placement tool. While the AS-1000 can be used to stretch closets and very short spans of carpet it is recommended to use a power stretcher to achieve CRI specifications for stretch on length and width (1 to 1.5 % stretch depending on manufacturer recommendation).
Super Air Stretcher (AS-2000) The AS-2000 Super Air Stretcher has all of the versatility of the AS-1000 with a substantial power upgrade. The additional power allows installers to not only place carpet (ie. replace the knee kicker) but also intentionally distort carpet to repair bowing or skewing that often occurs in the manufacturing process. With the additional power of the AS-2000 the installer can also achieve CRI specifications for stretch on width and length for small rooms, closets etc.
Air Mini Stretcher (MS-2000) New to the Pro-Stretch Carpet Installation System is the powerful, yet versatile, Air Mini Stretcher. The MS-2000 is a replacement for the Mini Stretcher (aka. Crab) and can be used to stretch carpet to CRI specifications in small to mid-sized rooms. More powerful than an Air Stretcher and more versatile than a Power Stretcher, the MS-2000 is an excellent production tool on mid-sized to large crews.
Junior Air Power Stretcher (JPS-1000-APN) New to the lineup in 2010 is the Junior Air Power Stretcher with Air Pinner Attachment. The JPS-1000-APN gives all the stretching power of the original JPS-1000 with it's ability to generate equivalent stretch power as the conventional pole stretcher. The JPS-1000 series is truly a pole stretcher replacement tool that is able to meet and exceed CRI specifications for stretch on length and width on even the most demanding jobs.

Junior Air Power Stretcher (JPS-2000) The all new JPS-2000 Junior Air Power Stretcher provides all of the power of the pole stretcher replacement tools with the versatility of the smaller tools. The swivel head design allows the installer to hit 15 degree stretches with enough power to meet or exceed CRI stretch specifications of 1 to 1.5 percent of length and width each and every time.

Senior Air Power Stretcher (SPS-1000-RC) The Remote Controlled Senior Power Stretcher is the most feature rich tool in the Pro-Stretch Carpet Installation System. The innovative remote control system allows the operator to choose between standing or kneeling positions while stretching and pinning with push button ease. The Senior Air Power Stretcher is the ultimate pole stretcher replacement tool.

Press Release June 1, 2007

Inventor aims to take the pain from the carpet installation profession

A new line of air powered carpet install tools offers a glimmer of hope for an injury prone profession

100 Mile House, BC, June 1, 2007: Lee Peters of 100 Mile House, British Columbia is the inventor of an entire line of air powered carpet installation tools aimed at preventing debilitating knee injury in carpet installation professionals.

Since a 1990 report by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) indicated that an alarming “6.2% of all workers’ compensation claims for traumatic knee injury”(NIOSH 90-104) were made by carpet layers it has been openly recognized that carpet installation poses serous health risks to the tradesman. Chief among the causes of knee injury is the impact generated by workers striking the knee kicker with the area just above the kneecap.

Knee injury is a serious challenge to the health and livelihoods of carpet installation professionals. While other trades, such as carpentry, have seen steady streams of tool advancement the carpet installation process has remained virtually unchanged for the past 50 years. Mr. Peters, who will soon turn 65 years old, and who has been a career carpet installer for half a century, has endured this lack of technological advancement for his entire career. In that time he has seen countless tradesmen fall from debilitating knee injury. Mr. Peters stated “All the guys I began installing carpet with 50 years ago were out of the trade within 10 years.” Despite this Peters continues to ply his trade, but with injury prevention foremost in his mind.

Mr. Peters is featured on several short videos hosted on youtube.com and his company website, carpetairkicker.com. In the videos Peters shows the entire process of carpet stretching from setting nudge walls and power stretching to stretching stairs all using his patented line of air tools. Nudge walls are set with the Air Stretcher, a knee kicker replacement that functions primarily as a placement tool. Power stretching is accomplished by either the Remote Controlled Air Power Stretcher (Senior) or the manually operated Air Power Stretcher (Junior). Both of these tools easily accomplish Carpet and Rug Institute stretch specifications of 1 to 1.5% of total length and width. Perhaps the most injurious process in carpet installation is the kicking of stairs. Kicking stairs requires the worker to strike the kicker with his kneecap and often leads to serious injury. On the company website Mr. Peters demonstrates the smallest of his line of tools, the Air Stair Stretcher which takes all of the danger and difficulty out of stretching carpet onto stairs.

In May of 2007 Mr. Peters was approached by the Project Manager of the Knee Disorders and Occupational Biomechanical Risks at the University of Massachusetts Lowell about the possiblility of including his tools in the study. The tools, along with the study conducted at UML could be the first step towards a comprehensive solution to the problem of knee injury in carpet installation professionals.