| US 7,490,746 B2 | ||
| Power tool | ||
| Masato Sakai, Ibaraki (Japan); Takeshi Matsuoka, Ibaraki (Japan); Chikai Yoshimizu, Ibaraki (Japan); Masanori Watanabe, Ibaraki (Japan); Katsuhiro Oomori, Ibaraki (Japan); and Takuya Teranishi, Ibaraki (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Hitachi koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 22, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/603,142. | ||
| Application 11/603142 is a continuation of application No. 10/973237, filed on Oct. 27, 2004, granted, now 7,344,054. | ||
| Application 10/973237 is a continuation of application No. 10/726495, filed on Dec. 04, 2003, granted, now 6,905,052. | ||
| Application 10/726495 is a continuation of application No. 10/085582, filed on Mar. 01, 2002, granted, now 6,679,406. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. P2001-058628 (JP), filed on Mar. 02, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0102462 A1, May 10, 2007 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A45F 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 224—269 [224/268; 224/271] | 4 Claims |
| 1. A portable tool comprising:
a housing having a handle portion;
a holding portion provided on the handle portion, the holding portion having a hole and an uneven portion;
a battery connected to the housing;
a hook rotatably held by the holding portion, the hook having a base end portion rotatably held by the hole, a catching portion
extending from one end of the base end portion and a retaining portion provided on the other end of the base end portion;
and
a spring provided between the holding portion and the retaining portion, the spring pushing the retaining portion so that
the hook is engaged with the uneven portion,
wherein the hook has a hooking state and an accommodating state,
wherein the hook is engaged with the uneven portion and the catching portion can be hooked when the hook is in the hooking
state,
wherein the hook can be turned when the hook is shifted in a direction of the axis of the hole and disengaged from the uneven
portion and the spring is compressed,
wherein the hook is engaged with the uneven portion when the hook is in the accommodating state, the catching portion moving
closer to the battery when the hook is turned from the hooking state to the accommodating state.
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