Black Decker Inc.

Danielle J Barker

Warren A Ceroll

James D Schroeder

Thomas Jay Bodine

Robert Alan Usselman

Dennis A Bush

John C Wenig

Daniel Fitzgerald

Eric J Samuelsen

Stephanie A Billingsley

A chop saw includes a base assembly and a saw assembly pivotally attached to the base assembly. The base assembly has a workpiece-supporting plane. The saw assembly has a blade and a motor driving the blade. A hinged connection between the base assembly and a saw assembly allows a user to rotate the saw assembly from a position where the plane of the blade extends through the workpiece-supporting plane to a position where the plane of the blade does not extend through the workpiece-supporting plane. In such position, the plane of blade may be substantially parallel to the workpiece-supporting plane. A switch or sensor may detect when the saw assembly is in the pivoted position so that the motor cannot be activated in such position.

Chop saw with improved storage mode

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Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Danielle J Barker