Patent ID: 9713880
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B25F,B27B

Claim:
1. A chainsaw comprising: a body housing; an elongated guide bar projecting forward from the body housing; a saw-chain mounted to a periphery of the guide bar; an electric motor mounted within the body housing for rotating the saw-chain along the periphery of the guide bar; a top handle provided on an upper portion of the body housing in a fore-and-aft direction and located above the guide bar, the top handle being provided at an intermediate portion thereof with a gripe portion to be grasped by an operator; and a plurality of rechargeable battery packs detachably mounted on the body housing as a source of power supply to the electric motor, the battery packs being adapted to use in power tools, wherein a center of gravity of the chainsaw observed from the back side of the chainsaw is positioned at a distance from a centerline of said gripe portion extending between the centerline of said gripe portion and two times a lateral width of the gripe portion.