Patent ID: 8539689
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: B25H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A guide rail for a hand-held power tool comprising: a first rail element including a first top face and a first bottom face; a second rail element including a second top face and a second bottom face; a releasable connecting device configured to join the first and second rail elements together, the releasable connecting device including a joint device so that the first and second rail elements are pivotable between (i) a folded-together non-functioning position in which the first top face of the first rail element is positioned over the second top face of the second rail element, and (ii) a functioning position in which the first top face of the first rail element and the second top face of the second rail element lie in a common plane; and a latching device movable with respect to the first and second rail elements between a first latching position and a second latching position, wherein, when the latching device is located in the first latching position, the first rail element is fixed in relation to the second rail element, and wherein, when the latching device is located in the second latching position, the first and second rail elements are movable between the folded-together non-functioning position and the functioning position.