| US 7,475,740 B2 | ||
| Angle drive attachment | ||
| Damian A. Kozina, Rockford, Ill. (US); and Edward D. Adkins, Loves Park, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Nomis LLC, Hampshire, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 31, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/590,052. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/734901, filed on Nov. 09, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0102178 A1, May 10, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B25G 3/38 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 173—216 [173/215; 173/164] | 21 Claims |
| 1. An angle drive attachment, comprising:
a drive housing;
an input shaft carried for rotation in the drive housing for rotation along an input shaft axis, the input shaft having a
workable end;
an output shaft carried for rotation in the drive housing for rotation along an output shaft axis that is angled relative
to the input shaft axis, the output shaft having a connector for attachment to a work bit;
a handle mount mounted to the drive housing;
a handle pivotably connected to the handle mount via a hinge;
a releasable lock securing the handle to the handle mount, the handle being selectively locked by the releasable lock in one
of a plurality of different positions between fully extended and retracted when the releasable lock is in a locked position
and the handle being pivotable through the hinge when the releasable lock is in an unlocked position; and
wherein the releasable lock is unlocked by axially pulling the handle allowing the handle to be pivotably repositioned to
one of the different positions via the hinge.
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