Patent ID: 6715178
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: A47L,B24B,Y10T

Abstract:
A storable handle for an electric hand-held polisher having a drive motor positioned above a rotating polishing pad therebetween, and opposing hand grips, said storable handle comprising:an upper handle portion having first and second upper shafts positioned parallel, each said shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, said distal ends secured in a fixed position by an upper cross member; a lower handle portion having first and second lower shafts positioned parallel, each said shaft having a top end securable to a proximal end of said upper handle and a bottom end coupled to an electric hand-held polisher; and a storage bin having a bottom wall and four side walls securable to the shafts of said lower handle, said storage bin capable of holding weighted objects for applying pressure to the polishing pad of an electric hand-held polisher; whereby said upper and lower handle form a rigid extension having a length allowing an operator to control an electric hand-held polisher while standing wherein said upper and lower handle are storable by reduction of the extension length.