Patent ID: 7451524

Claim:
A side handle ( 2 ) for a hand-held power tool ( 4 ), comprising: a handle holder ( 10 ); an attachment device ( 6 ) for securing the side handle ( 2 ) on the power tool ( 4 ); and a decoupling device ( 8 ) positioned between the handle holder ( 10 ) and the attachment device ( 6 ) for connecting the handle holder ( 10 ) with the attachment device ( 6 ) through the decoupling device ( 8 ), wherein the decoupling device ( 8 ) responds to vibrations of the power tool ( 4 ) to permit swinging movement and displacement of the handle holder ( 10 ) independent of the attachment device ( 6 ), and for stably guiding the handle holder ( 10 ) relative to the attachment device ( 6 ), the decoupling device ( 8 ) having a one-piece four-sided spring member ( 16 ) formed from a bent leaf spring ( 18 ) and having opposite walls ( 30 ) that form two swinging elements spaced from each other and deflectable parallel to each other to permit the swinging movement and displacement of the handle holder ( 10 ).