Motorized cutting tool with guard

A portable motorized cutting tool comprising:

• a tool body;
• a motor housed in said tool body;
• a cutting member;
• a transmission connecting said motor to said cutting member;
• a handle defined by a first portion of said tool body;
• a tool control member arranged on a second portion of said tool body between the first portion of said tool body and said cutting member;
• a protective guard adapted to allow a hand of a person using the portable motorized cutting tool to extend around said tool control member and said handle so as to grip the portable motorized cutting tool, the protective guard extends for a length of said handle and surrounds said tool control member, the protective guard being mounted to said tool body by a pivot, said pivot positioned at a rear portion of said tool body opposite to said cutting member relative to said handle;
• a cover integral with said protective guard, said cover pivotable along with said protective guard about said pivot between a closed position against said tool body and an open position away from said tool body, the open position allowing access to a portion of said tool body protected by said cover in the closed position, said cover being connected to said tool body by the protective guard through said pivot in the open position and the closed position of said covert;
• and
• a lock cooperative with said cover so as to keep said cover in the closed position, said lock being releasable by flexion of said protective guard toward said tool body.