Patent ID: 8136559

Claim:
A hand held electrically powered planer comprising: a housing; an electric motor mounted within the housing; a work piece engaging shoe mounted on the underside of the housing having an aperture formed through it; a cutting drum rotatably mounted within the housing, which is capable of being rotatably driven by the electric motor when the electric motor is activated, wherein a part of the cutting drum protrudes through the aperture to engage with a work piece; a cutting blade mounted on the cutting drum; a rear handle mounted on the housing wherein; the rear handle comprises a cantilevered elongate shaft attached at one end only to the rear of the housing and which extends forward in a lengthwise direction over a portion of the housing toward the front end of the housing; and a grip mounted or formed on the elongate shaft, wherein there is provided a front handle which is mounted on a free end of the shaft forward of the grip, wherein the front handle is integrally formed on the free end of the shaft, and wherein the shaft is resiliently mounted on the housing to allow the grip and the front handle to move against a biasing force toward or away from the housing.