Patent ID: 6076261
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A sheath for a handsaw of the kind having an elongated blade and a handle at one end, the sheath comprising an elongated stiff body delimiting a cavity into which the saw blade can be inserted to protect its teeth, and provided with at least one means for connecting directly or indirectly to a part of an operator's clothing or belt, said cavity being a groove open to one direction along the major part of the length of the body, delimited by one bottom and two side walls, the side walls being parallel and close together in a lower portion of the sheath which houses the saw blade and the side walls diverging in an upper portion of the sheath which accommodates the handle, said body near a lower end of said lower portion being provided with a first means for releasable holding of the free end of the saw blade and near the upper portion opposite the lower portion being provided with a second means for releasable holding of the handle of the saw, whereby the saw is released from the sheath body by lateral motion relative to it.