Patent ID: 6951046

Claim:
A hand pressure abatement apparatus usable on a power tool, said hand pressure abatement apparatus comprising: a hand pressure abatement pad adapted for placement on a power tool surface so that during operation of said power tool, said hand pressure abatement pad is established between said power tool surface and at least a portion of a power tool operator's hand; and an elastic, user engageable, user disengageable retention element to which said hand pressure abatement pad is responsive and that enables: (a) disengageable retention of said hand pressure abatement pad on said power tool surface during operation of said power tool, and (b) complete retention of said hand pressure abatement pad on said power tool by only one retention band surrounding a part of said power tool, wherein said hand pressure abatement pad is: (c) unitary; and (d) adapted to abate pressure experienced by both: (i) an upper part of the saddle of the thumb and forefinger; and (ii) the palm of said power tool operator's hand, wherein said user engageable, user disengageable retention element comprises a retention band adapted to retentively surround a part of said power tool, wherein said hand pressure abatement apparatus is automatically reconfigurable to a substantially planar shape upon removal from said power tool, and wherein said substantially planar shape exhibits an arc-shaped opening that establishes said retention band.