Patent ID: 8156656
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: A01G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An outdoor power tool comprising: a housing having a front end, a back end and a blade extending from the housing; a motor located within the housing for driving the blade; the housing having a hub; a rear handle secured to the hub so as to be rotatable relative to the housing, the rear handle having a locking lever having a first position that engages the hub to secure the rear handle at a fixed position; a release button having a cammed surface, the release button adapted to slide so that the cammed surface urges the locking lever into a second positionwherein the locking lever does not engage the hub; and wherein the release button has a shoulder with a channel and the cammed surface being located on both sides of the channel, and the locking lever located within the channel.