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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2019
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
James Van Essen, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Douglas W. Allen, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Brett Parendo, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Michael J. Zimmermann, New Berlin, WI (US);
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
Abstract
An accessory tool includes an adapter end having a maximum outer dimension, and a shank coupled to the adapter end. The shank includes a tool engagement portion including a cross section having a maximum outer width, a first reduced portion disposed between the tool engagement portion and the adapter end and having a first minimum outer dimension and a first length, and a second reduced portion formed in the tool engagement portion between the first reduced portion and an end of the shank. The second reduced portion is engaged by the tool to secure the shank to the tool, and has a second minimum outer dimension and a second length. The maximum outer dimension is greater than the maximum outer width. The maximum outer width is greater than the first minimum outer dimension and greater the second minimum outer dimension. The first length is greater than the second length.