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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1986
Thomas P Allen, Tyler, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
A multi-purpose saw is provided which can be selectively positionable in one of an assembled working mode and a storage mode. The saw comprises a hollow handle, a hollow back bar, a saw blade, a blade stop assembly and a hook retainer assembly for interconnecting the handle and the back bar of the saw in one of the assembled working mode and the storage mode. The hollow handle, is provided with longitudinally aligned first and second blade slots, and a plurality of apertures disposed near the opposite end thereof, a pair of said apertures being spatially disposed in axial alignment on opposing sides of the handle and in substantial longitudinal alignment with the first and second blade slots. The back bar, also an elongated tubular member and having an outside diameter less than the inside diameter of the handle, is provided with a concave groove on one end thereof for mating abuttment with a portion of the handle when the saw is in the assembled working mode. The opposing end of the back bar is provided with a back bar blade slot and a plurality of apertures, a pair of said apertures being axially disposed in the upper and lower sides of the back bar, a third of said apertures being disposed in the upper side of the back bar and in substantial longitudinal alignment with the back bar blade slot. The saw blade is positionable within the first and second blade slots of the handle and the back bar blade slot and secured therein by the blade stop assembly supported by the first and second end portions of the saw blade. The hook retainer assembly interconnects the handle and back bar together via the apertures therein when the saw is in the assembled working mode and the storage mode.