Patent ID: 8137164

Claim:
A guard device ( 10 ) for handheld power tools having a disklike and rotating tool ( 12 ), comprising: a base body ( 14 ) formed by a platelike element ( 30 ) having a semicircular embodiment comprising a peripheral region ( 32 ), oriented radially outward, wherein a guard rim ( 34 ) formed as a rim is disposed on said peripheral region ( 32 ), said guard rim ( 34 ) having a portion ( 36 ) oriented perpendicular to the platelike element ( 30 ) and a further portion ( 38 ) oriented parallel to the platelike element ( 30 ); and at least one energy absorption element ( 16 ), which is coupled to the base body ( 14 ) via a coupling and located between the portion ( 38 ) and the platelike element ( 30 ), along the semicircular embodiment, at an inside ( 54 ) of the peripheral region ( 32 ) facing the disklike and rotating tool ( 12 ) in a mounted state of the disklike and rotating tool ( 12 ); wherein the coupling is embodied fixedly in normal operation and wherein the coupling enables in an emergency mode at least a rotary motion of the energy absorption element ( 16 ) relative to the base body ( 14 ).