Patent ID: 7367409

Claim:
A latch mechanism for a power tool having a housing, a motor provided in the housing, an output shaft adapted to be caused by said motor to actuate a working member, and a handle assembly adapted to pivot relative to the housing between a plurality of positions, the latch mechanism comprising: first detent means having a first detent member adapted to move outwardly from the housing to engage said handle assembly to releasably retain the handle in a first position; second detent means having a second detent member adapted to pivot relative to the housing to engage said handle assembly to releasably retain the handle assembly in a second position; biasing means for urging said first detent member and said second detent member towards said handle assembly; and wherein said first detent means is connected to said second detent means such that movement of said first or second detent member so as not to engage the handle assembly moves both the first and second detent means from said housing to a non-engagement position.