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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2004
Kevin Stones, Bishop Auckland, GB;
Kevin Stones, Bishop Auckland, GB;
Abstract
A handle assembly for a power tool is disclosed, in which the power tool has a housing, a motor provided in the housing, and an output shaft adapted to be caused by said motor to actuate a working member extending from the housing along a first axis (A-A). The handle assembly () comprises a front handle (), a rear handle () integral with the front handle, and a mounting portion adapted to be mounted to the housing of the tool, wherein the front handle () forms an obtuse angle with the axis (A-A) of the working member in use. This last feature makes the power tool more comfortable for a user to operate, provided that the centre of mass of the power tool lies in the region between the front handle () and the rear handle (). This will usually be the case, since the heaviest parts of the tool are generally the working member and the motor housing thereof. Thus the user does not have to stretch his forward arm as far relative to the rear handle () as he would have to do when using the handle assembly of a conventional power tool of this type.