Axe cover with snapping mechanism

A safety protective cover for cutting tool head comprising:

• a front portion, a middle portion and a rear portion wherein the cover is divided into the front portion, the middle portion and the rear portion,
• wherein the front portion has a protective housing fitted to receive a sharp of the cutting tool;
• and the rear portion having a lock sized to fit inside a hole of the cutting tool:
• the lock having at least two locking arms capped at their end by a notch extending outwardly away from the other arm, and each arm comprises at least one rib on the inner surface thereof;
• and, further, the lock having a first side opening, a second side opening, a stop opening and a central opening;
• and further comprises at least one rim on the inner surface of the central opening;
• the notches of the arms protrudes out of the hole of the tool when in place, and a snapping key is inserted through the central opening to the inside of the arms crossing from the cover to before reaching the notches;
• said snapping key is divided into a grip portion and a locking portion, wherein the locking portion has a protruding latch with respect to the bottom face of the grip portion;
• and the locking portion further has two or more coupling tabs, two or more guide pins and a stop pin;
• both the ribs of the arms and the rims in the central opening are located in a given angular position for the correct interaction with the snapping key;
• the coupling tabs are placed on the surface of the central opening, while the guide pins are aligned to the inner wall of the central opening, also, the stop pin is inserted into the stop opening such that the stop pin is aligned to the inner wall of said stop opening;
• and
• the snapping key can rotate from a locked position to a released position and vice versa.