Patent ID: 7823652

Claim:
A portable powered tool comprising: an elongate housing having a central axis; a working component on the elongate housing; a drive for the working component on the elongate housing and having different states; and a control comprising a grip that is configured to be grasped by a user by extending a user's one hand at least partially around the grip and thereby the central axis of the elongate housing to thereby situate the user's one hand in an operating position, the grip movable around the central axis and operatively associated with the drive to thereby cause the drive to change between different states as the grip is moved relative to the housing around the central axis, a user's one hand grasping the grip in the operating position usable to: (a) lift, support and reposition the portable powered tool; and (b) move the grip relative to the elongate housing around the central axis of the elongate housing, whereby movement of the grip relative to the housing around the central axis of the elongate housing causes the state of the drive to be changed.