Attachment system with a removable and replaceable tongue for use with a reciprocating driver

A system for use in securing an attachment to a reciprocating driver having an attachment mounting area, comprising:

• an attachment mount configured for releasable engagement with an attachment;
• a driver mount interconnected with the attachment mount, wherein the driver mount includes a removable mounting member configured for engagement with the attachment mounting area of the driver, wherein the removable mounting member has (i) at least one tang at a first end thereof that engages the attachment mounting area of the driver, and (ii) a tongue section at a second end thereof;
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• a mounting body extending between and interconnecting the attachment and driver mounts with each other, wherein the tongue section of the removable mounting member is secured to the mounting body via a selectively engageable clamp member that holds the tongue section of the removable mounting member against the mounting body, such that the tongue section of the removable mounting member is sandwiched between the mounting body and the clamp member.

A power tool, comprising:

• a hand-held power unit having an axially reciprocating movable output arrangement;
• a driver mount adapted for engagement with the axially reciprocating movable output arrangement using a clamp-type mounting arrangement, wherein the driver mount includes a tongue section;
• an adapter having a generally flat first connector section that is adapted for releasable engagement with the driver mount, and a second connector section having a releasable engagement arrangement that includes at least one retainer that is biased toward a locking position, wherein the flat first connector section of the adapter includes a flat engagement surface and a clamp member cooperating therewith, and wherein the tongue section of the driver mount is sandwiched between the flat engagement surface and the clamp member, wherein the flat engagement surface of the generally flat first connector section of the adapter further comprises a projection extending therefrom and through the tongue section of the driver mount when the driver mount is sandwiched between the flat engagement surface and the clamp member;
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• a functional tool having an inner mounting portion, wherein the inner mounting portion of the functional tool and the releasable engagement arrangement of the second connector section of the adapter are configured and arranged so as to provide engagement of the inner mounting portion of the functional tool with the releasable engagement arrangement without the use of tools by way of the at least one retainer biasing toward the locking position and engaging the inner mounting portion of the functional tool, such that the inner mounting portion of the functional tool is engaged with the releasable engagement arrangement of the second connector section via application of a push-on force to the inner mounting portion of the functional tool in a direction parallel to the direction of movement of the axially reciprocating movable output arrangement of the power unit.