Patent ID: 8438741

Claim:
A power tool, comprising: a sliding member slidably received in the power tool; a support; a biasing member; and a pair of lock plates, each of the pair of lock plates including an opening, and the lock plates being configured such that the sliding member slides within the opening, first ends of each of the lock plates being pivotably attached to the support at a first side of the sliding member, and second ends of each of the lock plates being biased toward one another at an opposite side of the sliding member, each of the pair of lock plates being biased by the biasing member such that a first contact portion of the lock plate contacts a first surface of the sliding member at the first side of the sliding member, and a second contact portion of the lock plate contacts a second surface of the sliding member at the opposite side of the sliding member, wherein the sliding member is secured with respect to the support.