Foldable pocket saw
AssigneeAmerican Saw & Mfg. Company
InventorsWilliam B. Korb, Paul W. Koetsch
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Abstract
A foldable pocket saw has a handle with a mounting head extending from one end thereof. A blade mounting member is rotatably disposed on the mounting head with a saw blade removably attached thereto. A detent mechanism has a spring loaded pawl actuated by a button radially movable into and out of engagement with one of a plurality of circumferentially spaced, radially extending notches provided in the periphery of the rotatable blade mounting member for releasably locking the saw blade in any one of a plurality of positions relative to the handle.
Claims5
A foldable pocket saw comprising a handle, a discrete rotatable member including a plurality of circumferentially spaced, radially extending notches in the periphery thereof rotatably disposed on a mounting head which extends outwardly of one end of the handle, a fastener for removably affixing a conventional saw blade onto said rotatable member, a spring actuated detent mechanism disposed within the handle and comprising a spring loaded pawl movable within the handle and in generally coplanar relationship with the rotatable member to engage selectively with one of the notches to prevent rotation of the rotatable member and thereby lock the saw blade in each of a plurality of positions relative to the handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.