Patent ID: 8033026

Claim:
A jigsaw comprising: a housing having a rear portion; a shoe member pivotally connected to said housing and establishing an angle therebetween; a keel assembly having a front portion and a rear portion with a blade member therebetween, said blade member extends from said housing beyond said shoe member and remains generally in-line with said housing as said angle defined between said shoe member and said housing varies; a latch assembly that connects said keel assembly to said housing, said rear portion of said keel assembly pivotally connects to said rear portion of said housing where said front portion of said keel assembly is retained or released by said latch assembly, and a lower carrier assembly movable relative to said blade member to establish different positions relative to said shoe member that are adapted to accommodate workpieces of differing sizes, said lower carrier assembly includes an adjuster member having a cam surface and said blade member includes a groove with an edge, said adjuster member is configured to move said cam surface out of an obstructing position with said edge of said groove and into an extended position that restores said cam surface to said obstructing position with said edge of said groove in said blade member.