Patent ID: 8763260
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: B23D

Abstract:
1. A modular saw arrangement, comprising: a main saw frame structure having a handle construction, an upper frame portion, and a blade tensioner arrangement; a detachable handle structure having a first end portion and a second end portion; a first connector structure associated with the upper frame portion of the main saw frame structure and/or the first end portion of the detachable handle structure, the first connector structure arranged to releasably connect the first end portion of the detachable handle structure to the upper frame portion of the main saw frame structure, the second end portion of the detachable handle structure having a first blade connector, wherein the first blade connector and the blade tensioner arrangement are configured to be connected with opposite ends of a blade when the first end portion of the detachable handle structure is connected with the upper frame portion of the main saw frame structure so as to form a hacksaw configuration; the first end portion of the detachable handle structure comprising a handle region, and the second end portion of the detachable handle structure having a second blade connector that enables attachment of the blade in a grip configuration to enable the detachable handle structure to be configured as a stand-alone detachable handle saw when the first end portion of the detachable handle structure is disconnected with the upper frame portion of the main saw frame structure, wherein the upper frame portion of the main saw frame structure includes a blade clamp arrangement constructed and arranged such that, with the first end portion of the detachable handle structure disconnected with the upper frame portion of the main saw frame structure, the blade clamp arrangement enables attachment of the blade thereto to enable the main saw frame structure to be configured as a stand-alone saw for performing cutting operations, wherein the blade clamp arrangement is separate from the second blade connector, and wherein the first blade connector is separate from the second blade connector.