Patent ID: 8769829

Claim:
A portable electric tool comprising: a head-mounting shaft having a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis; a motor-driven head affixed to said first end of said head-mounting shaft, said motor-driven head being aligned with said longitudinal axis of said head-mounting shaft; an actuator cooperative with said motor-driven head so as to control an operation of said motor-driven head; a first handle affixed to said second end of said head-mounting shaft, said first handle aligned with said longitudinal axis of said head-mounting shaft; an auxiliary shaft having one end affixed to said head-mounting shaft at a location between said first and second ends thereof and closer to said first end of said head-mounting shaft than to said second end of said head-mounting shaft, said auxiliary shaft having a longitudinal axis extending at an acute angle with respect to said longitudinal axis of said head-mounting shaft, said auxiliary shaft configured to extend in a horizontal plane when said head-mounting shaft extends in such horizontal plane, said auxiliary shaft having an opposite end spaced from said second end of said head-mounting shaft; a second handle affixed to said opposite end of said auxiliary shaft, said second handle in spaced relation to and adjacent to and coplanar with said first handle, one of said first and second handles having a controller thereon suitable for controlling an operation of said actuator, said second handle aligned with said longitudinal axis of said auxiliary shaft.