Patent ID: 7290574

Claim:
An assembly, comprising: a hand-held power tool including (i) a housing having an exterior threaded portion, and (ii) a drive spindle; and a support apparatus including: a base; a vertical support member connected to said base; a carriage movable in relation to said vertical support member, said carriage having a receptacle that defines an upper opening and a lower opening, said hand-held power tool being received within said receptacle so that a first portion of said hand-held power tool extends through said lower opening and a second portion of said hand-held power tool extends through said upper opening; and a nut rotatably secured to said receptacle, said nut defining an internally threaded bore extending therethrough, and said internally threaded bore being positioned in alignment with said lower opening of said receptacle, and further said exterior threaded portion of said housing of said hand-held power tool being threadingly received within said internally threaded bore defined by said nut.