Patent ID: 7661486

Claim:
A power tool housing having a mechanism for ejecting a battery pack, comprising: a frame adjacent a free end of the power tool housing; said frame transverse to an axis passing through the free end of the power tool housing; a cavity in said frame for receiving a battery pack; a receiving member, said receiving member meshing with a member on the battery pack to hold the battery pack in the cavity, said receiving member transverse to the axis of the power tool; a biasing member in said cavity, said biasing member for ejecting said battery pack from said ejecting mechanism; and a member for retaining said biasing member in said cavity, said member for retaining said biasing member guiding the portion of the battery pack meshing with said receiving member into contact with said biasing member such that when the battery pack is locked onto said frame, said biasing member is in a compressed condition and when the battery pack is in an unlocked condition, said biasing member ejects the battery pack from the frame in a direction transverse to said axis.