Patent ID: 8490289

Claim:
A handle forming part of a hand held engine power tool, the handle comprising: a first handle section and a second handle section; the first handle section having a supporting section integrally formed with the first handle section and extending from the first handle section into the second handle section, the support section including a first surface and a second surface, a space being defined between the first surface and the second surface, the first surface having a first hole formed therethrough, the second surface having a second hole formed therethrough; a control component operative to control power of the tool, the control component having a mounting hole formed therethrough, wherein the control component is a lever operative to control power of the engine; a locking pin sized and shaped to be inserted through the first hole, the mounting hole and the second hole and to be retained by the supporting section such that the control component spans the space and is pivotally supported by the supporting section of the first handle section; and a safety button, mounted to the first handle section, operative to prevent an operator from increasing the power of the engine if the safety button is not actuated, wherein: the safety button has an opening; the first handle section has a pin extending in a transverse direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the safety button; and the opening is operative to engage about the pin and secure the safety button to the pin such that the safety button pivots about the pin, and wherein the second handle section has a protruding circle-shaped edge positioned to receive a distal end of the pin and support the pin responsive to loading of the safety button.