Patent ID: 8308034
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: B25F

Abstract:
1. A hook structure of a power tool having a housing including an upper housing, a lower housing, and a grip disposed in the lower housing, the hook structure comprising: a hook-receiving portion formed in the upper housing and disposed above the grip of the power tool, with openings facing leftward and rightward; a substantially U-shaped hook having two legs, wherein the hook-receiving portion of the housing is capable of accommodating the hook, and the hook is movable among a left protruding position in which a left hook leg of the two legs protrudes leftward from the hook-receiving portion, a right protruding position in which a right hook leg of the two legs protrudes rightward from the hook-receiving portion, and an accommodating position in which the left and right hook legs are both accommodated in the hook-receiving portion and are fully retracted without protruding on either side of the hook-receiving portion; and a retaining mechanism by which the hook is retainable in one of the positions of the left protruding position, the right protruding position, or the accommodating position.