Patent ID: 7503121
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: B23D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A foot assembly of a power hand tool, wherein the power hand tool has a housing with a greater lengthwise dimension than its width, the foot assembly being connected to the housing so as to be located below a lower portion of the housing, the foot assembly comprising: a support foot having a generally flat bottom portion with a flat bottom surface extending throughout a substantial part of the surface area of the flat bottom portion; at least front and rear spaced apart supports connected to said support foot and extending upwardly from said bottom portion, each of said supports having a main aperture; at least one connecting element associated with the housing and engaging said main apertures of said supports for providing limited lengthwise sliding movement and angular tilting movement of said support foot relative to the housing; a retainer member associated with the housing for movement with said housing for selectively engaging at least one of said supports to lock said tilting movement at one of a plurality of angular positions; and means for biasing said retainer member in said lengthwise direction toward engagement with said at least one support.