Patent ID: 6951232

Claim:
A combination comprising: a router including a base having a lower surface, a motor housing supported by the base, and a motor supported by the motor housing and operable to drive a tool element, the tool element being supportable to extend below the lower surface of the base; and a base plate operable to support the router, the base plate having an upper surface and defining a recess extending from the upper surface, the router being supportable on the base plate with the lower surface of the base engaging the upper surface of the base plate and with the tool element extending below the lower surface of the base and into the recess; and further comprising a case including a first wall, and a second wall movably connected to the first wall, the first wall and the second wall defining a cavity; wherein the router is removably supported in the cavity; wherein the base plate is removably connected to at least one of the first wall and the second wall and provides a bottom wall for the case, and wherein the router is supportable on the base plate in the cavity.