Patent ID: 8578615

Claim:
A jigsaw comprising: a housing containing a motor and including a handle; a control member supported by the housing and moveable between at least a first position that defines a first mode and a second position that defines a second mode; a shoe member connected to the housing and including a bottom surface facing away from the housing; and a keel assembly movably connected to the housing and including a keel member, the keel assembly being connected to the control member by a mechanism that moves the keel assembly relative to the housing and the shoe member into a deployed configuration in which the keel member protrudes through the bottom surface of the shoe member in response to movement of the control member into the second position, and the mechanism moves the keel assembly relative to the housing and the shoe member into a stowed configuration in which the keel member does not protrude through the bottom surface of the shoe member in response to movement of the control member into the first position.