Patent ID: 7003888

Claim:
A saw blade clamping arrangement for a power tool including a housing, a drive shaft mounted for longitudinal reciprocating motion relative to the housing along an axis, and a saw blade releasably interconnected with the drive shaft, the saw blade clamping arrangement comprising: a support member for attachment to the drive shaft; a control member carried by the support member, the control member movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axis between a first position and a second position; a locking member operative for selectively engaging the saw blade with the drive shaft such that the saw blade and the drive shaft are operatively engaged when the control member is in the first position and the saw blade and the drive shaft are permitted to be operatively disengaged when the control member is in the second position; and an actuation member for attachment to the housing, the actuation member operative to move the control member from the first position to the second position.