Patent ID: 7401663

Claim:
An electric motor driven hand-held tool comprising a tool housing, a handle projecting from a first side of the housing, a motor located within the housing, an integrated switch unit ( 6 ), the switch unit including an electronic motor control unit ( 8 ) having an actuator, a first in manually operable switch member ( 4 ) located in the handle and adjacent to the integrated switch unit and operatively connected to the motor control unit and to which the motor control unit is responsive to power the motor, and a second manually operable switch member ( 14 ) located in the housing at a second side substantially opposite to the first side and operatively connected to the motor control unit via the actuator ( 10 ) and to which the control unit is responsive to drive the motor in one of a selected forward and reverse direction, characterised in that the second manually operable switch member ( 14 ) is located remotely from the switch unit ( 6 ) on an upward facing portion of the tool housing which can be seen by a user of the tool during normal operation of the tool, and a linkage arrangement ( 16 ) including a central annular portion which is pivotally mounted on a boss formed on a motor housing portion ( 3 ) of the tool housing so that manual actuation of the second manually operable switch member ( 14 ) causes the linkage to pivot and to actuate the actuator ( 10 ).