Patent ID: 8397691

Claim:
A work apparatus with an internal combustion engine, comprising: a body case housing the internal combustion engine and having an open top end; a hood for covering said open top end of the body case, wherein the hood comprises a first end and a second end; an inclined pin extending aslant downward from a portion near to said first end of said hood such that a distal end of the inclined pin is nearer to said first end of the hood than a proximal end of the inclined pin; an inclined bore provided at a position of said body case for confrontation with said inclined pin and having an open end opening upward, said inclined bore being configured such that a deep end thereof is nearer to one end of the body case corresponding to said first end of the hood than said open end of the inclined bore; and a lock means for releasably locking a portion of said hood including said second end thereof to a portion of the body case including an other end thereof.