Patent ID: 7617957

Claim:
A mounting system for an exhaust gas deflector component of a power tool, comprising: a housing; a cap member fixedly secured atop said housing so as to define an upper cap portion; an exhaust gas deflector component disposed above and atop said cap member and said upper cap portion of said cap member so as to effectively cover said upper cap portion of said cap member and to define, with said upper cap portion of said cap member, an exhaust gas passageway for exhaust gases of said power tool; wherein an internal portion of said exhaust gas deflector component comprises an axially central, internally projecting, dependent boss member having an internally threaded bore defined therein; and an externally threaded axially oriented fastener disposed internally within said cap member for threadedly engaging said internally threaded bore defined within said axially central, internally projecting, dependent boss member of said exhaust gas deflector component so as to fasten said exhaust gas deflector component upon said upper cap portion of said cap member whereby said exhaust gas deflector component will cover said upper cap portion of said cap member without said fastener being visible from a position external to said exhaust gas deflector component.