Power saw pruning device

A tree pruning device comprising:

• an elongated pole having first and second ends for reaching overhead for cutting and trimming tree limbs;
• a base means affixed adjacent a first end of said elongated pole;
• rack means carried on said base means for slidingly carrying a power saw on said base means in a manner in which power saw slides on said base means in opposing directions relative to said base means and said pole with a blade of said power saw extending away from said base means in a plane intersecting said base means;
• an elongated slot formed in said base means for receiving a blade of said saw through said base means;
• angle arm means carried by said base means for gripping a tree limb;
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• said angle arm means lying in a plane intersecting said base means which is offset to said plane of said saw blade;
• said angle arm means gripping a stump of a cut tree limb remaining on the trunk of said tree after said tree limb is pruned and for retaining said pruning device in a suspended position hanging from said stump.

An accessory pruning device for mounting a power saw of the type which has a reciprocating saw blade and a shoe plate through which the saw blade extends, said device comprising:

• a base means;
• an elongated handle having a first end at which the said base means is carried for extending said base means overhead for pruning a tree limb;
• rack means for slidably receiving said shoe plate of said saw and carrying said power saw on said base means for sliding one-dimensional motion in opposing directions;
• means for receiving a saw blade of said power saw through said base means so that said saw blade extends away from said base means;
• means for guiding a said saw blade into engagement with said tree limb;
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• means for urging said saw in a direction to cause said saw blade to cut through said tree limb for pruning.

A power pruning device which may be mounted on a long pole to permit cutting overhead tree limbs with a conventional electric saber saw comprising:

• an elongated base fixture which mounts rigidly to a pole;
• elongated flange means carried by the base fixture;
• an elongated slot in the base fixture;
• said flange means sized and spaced as to fit closely over a side edge of a base shoe of said conventional saber saw constituting a track allowing a saber saw with its blade in place to freely slide in one dimension, but otherwise to be securely attached to the base fixture;
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• a winged extension rigidly attached to the base fixture and protruding outwardly from the base in the same direction as, and in a plane parallel to, the saw blade extending through the base fixture, and forming an acute angle downward between its inner edge and an end of the base fixture to which the pole is attached, in order to guide the placement of the base fixture over the limb to be cut so that in the placement process the saw is lifted on its track ensuring that the blade is always on the top of the limb to be cut, and in order, when finally positioned, that the entire assembly hangs securely over the limb to be cut so that the operator may now release the pole and activate the saw with a remote switch from some safe position away from where the limb will fall.