Chain saw with reinforcing and cutting attachment

A hand-held chain saw, comprising:

• a.) a saw blade holder, defining a longitudinal major axis and a minor axis, including an end-tipped portion;
• b.) a cutting chain rotatably mounted on the saw blade holder;
• c.) a pair of spaced apart, cutting bars mounted on each side of the saw blade holder and secured thereto against longitudinal and vertical movement by means including bolts, nuts, spacers, lock washers and a spacing nut, each cutting bar defining a support portion, and a single angle portion, the cutting bars being interconnected along their support portions and angle portions, and removably mounted in a parallel oriented, opposed registry on each side of the blade holder, the angle portions projecting downwardly from the blade holder and beyond its lower edge to form therebetween a twin-shaped bight angle which may be set from about 55.degree. to about 70.degree. defined between the longitudinal axis and a support portion of the cutting bar, the twin-shaped, interconnected bight angles of the cutting bars forming a partial guard between a user and a cutting operation;
• and,
• d.) reinforcing spacers supporting each cutting bar against each side of the saw blade holder, thereby maintaining the cutting bars parallel to each other and spaced sufficiently apart from each other and the saw blade holder to accommodate movement of the cutting chain;
• whereby, during use;
• i. foliage, including branches and brush, are drawn into and compressed in the twin-shaped bight angles by forward movement of the cutting chain, thereby stabilizing the foliage within the bight angles while aligning and guiding the foliage into a stable and efficient cutting position;
• ii. the force exerted on the material by the cutting chain during cutting produce stresses whose magnitude and direction are transferred from the bight angles to the support portions of the cutting bars;
• iii. the cutting bars reinforce the blade holder, and distribute the stresses thereon, during use;
• iv. the distance between the bight angle and the end-tipped portion of the saw blade holder may be varied from about two inches to about eight inches;
• and,
• v. the size of the foliage cut may be increased up to about three inches in diameter as the distance between the bight angle and the end-tipped portion of the saw blade holder is increased from about two inches to about eight inches.