| US 7,503,121 B2 | ||
| Tool-less adjustable foot assembly for a power hand tool | ||
| Dennis Powell, Elk Grove Village, Ill. (US); Mark Heintz, Glen Ellyn, Ill. (US); Ivan Guo, Wheeling, Ill. (US); Sean Gallagher, Arlington Heights, Ill. (US); Richard LaSota, Chicago, Ill. (US); and Richard Sutkowski, Long Grove, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 29, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/169,826. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0000368 A1, Jan. 04, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B23D 49/10 (2006.01); B07B 19/09 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 30—376 [30/392] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A foot assembly of a power hand tool, wherein the power hand tool has a housing with a greater lengthwise dimension than
its width, the foot assembly being connected to the housing so as to be located below a lower portion of the housing, the
foot assembly comprising:
a support foot having a generally flat bottom portion with a flat bottom surface extending throughout a substantial part of
the surface area of the flat bottom portion;
at least front and rear spaced apart supports connected to said support foot and extending upwardly from said bottom portion,
each of said supports having a main aperture;
at least one connecting element associated with the housing and engaging said main apertures of said supports for providing
limited lengthwise sliding movement and angular tilting movement of said support foot relative to the housing;
a retainer member associated with the housing for movement with said housing for selectively engaging at least one of said
supports to lock said tilting movement at one of a plurality of angular positions; and
means for biasing said retainer member in said lengthwise direction toward engagement with said at least one support.
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