Patent ID: 9518697
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: A47F,B25H,B66C,F16M

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for suspending a tool, the apparatus comprising: a support arm having a single mounting location; clamps, configured to collectively engage the tool; and a mounting interface, configured to extend substantially along a work axis of rotation of the tool, wherein the mounting interface is a rigid planar element that comprises: wherein, when the clamps are engaged with the mounting interface, but not engaged with the tool, each of the clamps is pivotable relative to the mounting interface, and when the clamps are engaged with the mounting interface and engaged with the tool, the clamps are not pivotable relative to the mounting interface, when the work axis of rotation of the tool lies in a virtual vertical plane and in a virtual horizontal plane, and when the support arm pivotally engages the mounting interface, and when the clamps engage the mounting interface and the tool: when the mounting interface pivots relative to the single mounting location of the support arm, the work axis of rotation of the tool always remains in the virtual vertical plane.