Patent ID: 8191268

Claim:
A reciprocating pruning saw, comprising: (a) a drive shaft; (b) means for converting rotary motion into reciprocal motion, said means for converting attached to a first end of said drive shaft; (c) means for attaching a motor to said drive shaft at a second end of said drive shaft that is distally disposed with respect to said first end, wherein said means for attaching a motor to said drive shaft includes an outer sleeve that is disposed over said drive shaft, and wherein said outer sleeve includes an upper outer sleeve and a lower outer sleeve, and wherein a lower end of said upper outer sleeve is disposed in an upper end of said lower outer sleeve, and wherein said upper outer sleeve is adapted to retract into said lower outer sleeve and to extend therefrom a predetermined distance, and including means for securing said upper outer sleeve relative to said lower outer sleeve at a desired position, and including means for coupling a lower end of said lower outer sleeve to said motor, and wherein said motor includes an electric drill, and wherein a drill chuck of said electric drill is adapted to engage with a lower end of said drive shaft, and wherein said means for coupling a lower end of said lower outer sleeve to said motor includes an adapter plate that is able to cooperatively engage with a nose portion of said electric drill and wherein said adapter plate is attachable to said lower outer sleeve; and (d) means for attaching a saw blade to said means for converting, wherein said saw blade is able to experience said reciprocal motion when said saw blade is attached to said means for converting and when said motor is energized.