Patent ID: 8960658
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B25F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A platform attachment for use with a power hand tool which has a housing with a front nose portion with a rotary output shaft extending therefrom, and a tool holding mechanism on the output shaft for holding a tool, said attachment comprising: a mounting component configured to be removably attached to the hand tool, said mounting component having a central opening generally aligned with an axis of the output shaft through which a tool mounted in the tool holding mechanism can extend in a first direction; a platform component adjustably attached to said mounting component, said platform component having a base portion and a platform portion, said base portion being adjustably attached to said mounting component, said platform portion being fixedly attached to said base portion and having (i) a leading generally planar main surface positioned farthest in the first direction that is perpendicular to said axis and that surrounds and defines an opening through which the tool can extend, and (ii) a generally planar secondary surface that extends from said main surface in a direction opposite said first direction at a predetermined angle relative to said axis, both of said main and said secondary surfaces being configured to selectively provide support for objects that are being worked on by the tool; and a mechanism for releasably locking said platform component on said mounting component, wherein said predetermined angle is within the range of about 35 degrees and 55 degrees.