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US 6,553,675 B2Granted
Quick release footplate assembly for a jigsaw
AssigneeS-B Power Tool Company
InventorJames Orrico
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Abstract
A releasable footplate assembly for a jigsaw includes a shaft portion having a handle, a screw boss having a yoke, a base portion having a bridge portion through which the screw extends into the screw boss and a bridge plate, attached to the screw, releasably engaging the bridge portion.
Claims20
A jigsaw having a housing and a releasable footplate assembly, said footplate assembly comprising:
- an elongated shaft having a generally transversely extending handle and an eccentric cam portion, said shaft being retained for rotational movement within said housing;
- a screw boss having a yoke disposed at one end and engaged with a screw at the other end, said yoke receiving the cam portion of said elongated shaft;
- a generally planar footplate including an arched bridge having an aperture through which the screw extends;
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- a bridge plate which is engaged with said screw, said bridge plate engaging said bridge of said footplate and maintaining said footplate in a secured position with respect to said housing when said elongated shaft is in a first rotational position, and said bridge plate disengaging said bridge of said footplate and releasing said footplate for movement relative to said housing when said elongated shaft is in a second rotational position.
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A releasable footplate assembly for a jigsaw comprising:
- an elongated shaft having a handle and a cam portion;
- a screw boss that rotationally receives the cam portion of the shaft;
- a footplate including a base portion and a bridge portion;
- and
- a bridge plate, attached to a screw, releasably engaging the bridge portion, the screw extending through the bridge portion and received by the screw boss.
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A releasable footplate assembly for use with a jigsaw comprising:
- an elongated shaft having a handle and an eccentric cam portion;
- a footplate including a base portion and a bridge portion;
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- retention means for releasably engaging the bridge portion to a bridge plate, said retention means further having means for rotationally receiving the cam portion of the elongated shaft.
1 more element
A releasable footplate assembly for use with a jigsaw comprising:
- an elongated shaft having a handle and a cam portion;
- a footplate including a base portion and a bridge portion;
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- retention means for releasably engaging the bridge portion to a bridge plate, said retention means further having means for rotationally receiving the cam portion of the elongated shaft;
- wherein the retention means further comprises a yoke for rotationally receiving the elongated shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.