Patent ID: 8782910
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: B23D,B27B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lightweight and compact motion restraint tether for safely starting a gasoline-powered chainsaw having an onboard engine in combination with the gasoline-powered chainsaw, comprising: (i) a-foot engagement member comprising a foothold base structure and an aperture, said aperture having a perimeter, said perimeter having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper-portion of the perimeter comprises an arch-shaped frame, and the lower portion of said aperture perimeter comprises at least a part of the foothold base structure, whereby the operator of said gasoline-powered chainsaw extends at least one foot through said aperture so that the bottom of the chainsaw operator's at least one foot presses against said foothold base structure to hold the foot engagement member securely against a solid surface using at least a portion of the body weight of the chainsaw operator, said foot engagement member further adapted to be lightweight and compact for facile portability by said operator; and (ii) an elongated tether member adapted to restrain the upward motion of said gasoline-powered chainsaw when said onboard engine is started by an operator of said gasoline-powered chainsaw, said tether member having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the elongated tether member is attached to the foot engagement member, and the second end is affixed to the gasoline-powered chainsaw, said elongated tether member further adapted to be lightweight and compact for facile portability by said operator; wherein the foothold structure of the foot engagement member comprises a substantially flat pedal portion comprising a plurality of sides, ends of the arch-shaped frame being affixed to two of the plurality of sides of the substantially flat pedal portion, forming a stirrup having an enclosed aperture configured to accommodate at least one foot of the operator extended through it, and wherein the stirrup further comprises a pocket structure, the pocket structure integral with the pedal portion of the foothold structure of the foot engagement member, whereby when the operator inserts a front portion of at least one foot therein, the pocket at least partially covers the operator's at least one foot.