Patent ID: 7845530

Claim:
A contact trip lock for a power nailer, comprising: a housing including a main body portion, a handle portion and a trigger extending through said housing; a contact trip assembly movably mounted relative to said housing for enabling and disabling activation of the power nailer; a lock member supported within said housing and selectively movable by a user between a locked position and an unlocked position; and a handle coupled to said lock member and protruding from said main body portion of said housing proximate said trigger, said handle selectively engageable by the user to move said lock member between the locked position and the unlocked position; wherein upon movement of said handle by the user to move said lock member to said locked position, said lock member inhibits movement of said contact trip assembly thereby disabling activation of the power nailer, and upon movement of said handle by the user to move said lock member to said unlocked position, said lock member permits movement of the contact trip assembly thereby enabling activation of the power nailer.