Patent ID: 8186018

Claim:
An auxiliary handle for a hand-held power tool ( 7 ), comprising: a clamping section ( 21 ) for securing the auxiliary handle ( 11 ) on a section of the power tool ( 7 ); a gripping member ( 31 ) for holding the auxiliary handle ( 11 ); a lockable lag hinge ( 46 ) provided between the clamping section ( 21 ) and the gripping member ( 31 ) and having a pivot pin ( 47 ); clamping means ( 23 , 25 ) supported on the hinge pin ( 47 ) for securing the clamping section 921 ) on the section of the power tool; a tensioning member ( 51 ) arranged on an end of the pivot pin ( 47 ), for tightening and loosening the clamping section ( 21 ); a locking device ( 41 ) associated with the clamp means ( 23 , 25 ), arranged between the clamping means ( 23 , 25 ) and the gripping member ( 31 ), and displaceable between a locking position in which the lag hinge ( 46 ) is locked and the clamping section is tightened on the section of the power tool, and a release position in which the lag hinge ( 46 ) is released and the clamping section ( 21 ) becomes loose; and a quick-release device ( 56 ), operated independently from the tensioning member ( 51 ), for displacing the locking device from the locking position thereof into the release position thereof.