Patent ID: 8230942

Claim:
A power tool system comprising: a hand-held power tool having first and second start switches, each of the switches having ON and OFF states; a motor; and a controller operatively connected to the power tool and the first and second switches, the controller being constructed to initiate a first operating cycle of the power tool only after both switches are positioned in their ON states, the controller being constructed so as not to initiate a second operating cycle until each switch is switched into its OFF state following the first operating cycle and then returned to its ON state, wherein the controller is constructed to halt a current operating cycle if the first start switch is switched to its OFF state, wherein the controller is constructed to restart the current operating cycle after halting the current operating cycle if both switches are in their ON state, regardless of whether the second start switch was switched to its OFF state after the current operating cycle was halted, wherein the first start switch prevents the motor from running when the first start switch is in the first start switch's OFF state and the second start switch is in the second start switch's ON state, and wherein the second start switch prevents the motor from running when the second start switch is in the second start switch's OFF state and the first start switch is in the first start switch's ON state.