Patent ID: 10245753

Abstract:
The disclosed technology generally regards a chainsaw guard mountable on a chainsaw having a motor powerhead housing, a drive motor contained in the housing, a saw chain guide bar mounted on the housing, and a saw cutter chain driven by the drive motor and carried on the saw chain guide bar, the chainsaw guard forming a physical barrier that limits access to the saw cutter chain when the chainsaw guard is mounted on the powerhead housing. The chainsaw guard includes a bracket member mountable to a chainsaw motor powerhead housing, and a retractable member movably engaged with the bracket member and designed and configured to sheathe the saw chain guide bar and saw cutter chain of the chainsaw when the chainsaw guard is mounted on a chainsaw. Engaged with the bracket member and the retractable member are compressible springs about one or more guide rods, the springs having a spring force to position the retractable member relative to the bracket member in the extended position until a force greater than the spring force is applied to the distal end of the retractable member, translating the retractable member towards the retracted position; when the force is removed from the distal end of the retractable member, the retractable member by the spring force moves to the extended position.