Holder for a battery-powered tool

A tool holder for a battery-powered tool that includes a power head, a battery-engaging portion, a handle portion connecting the power head and the battery-engaging portion, and a battery engaged with the battery-engaging portion, the tool holder comprising:

• (a) a body including generally parallel first and second lateral panels and a central panel that joins and spaces apart the first and second lateral panels so that the body is structurally arranged so as to enclose partly and retain the battery with the battery engaged with the tool;
• and
• (b) mounting hardware attached to one of the lateral panels and structurally arranged so as to enable attachment of the tool holder to a separate structure or object,
• wherein:
• (c) each one of the lateral panels includes a corresponding inwardly extending portion at an edge thereof opposite an edge connected to the central panel, the inwardly extending portions being structurally arranged so as to support the enclosed battery and obstruct movement of the enclosed battery out of the body in a direction generally perpendicular to the central panel;
• (d) the inwardly extending portions are spaced apart at a first end of the body so as to enable insertion of the battery into the body between the lateral panels with the handle portion of the tool extending away from the central panel;
• and
• (e) the tool holder is structurally arranged so as to retain and support the tool with the battery retained within the body and without any direct contact between the power head and the tool holder.