Claims
- 1. A hand-held power tool comprising:
a housing including a drive mechanism and motor provided with a rotary output shaft aligned along a tool axis and a handle portion aligned along a handle axis, the handle portion having a power activator switch mounted thereon; and a removably attachable portion releasably attachable to the housing of the hand-held power tool, the removable attachable portion comprising an object sensor.
- 2. The hand-held power tool of claim 1 wherein the housing has at least one flange formed thereon for removably affixing the removably attachable portion to the housing.
- 3. The hand-held power tool of claim 1 wherein the housing comprises outwardly projecting housing flanges and housing grooves and the removably attachable portion comprises two inwardly projecting portion flanges and portion grooves and wherein the flanges and grooves on the housing cooperate with the flanges and grooves on the removably attachable portion to releasably affix the removably attachable portion to the housing.
- 4. The hand-held power tool of claim 1 wherein the removably attachable portion has a flat, smooth bottom surface.
- 5. The hand-held power tool of claim 4 wherein the removably attachable portion further comprises a level parallel with the tool axis and the flat, smooth bottom surface so as to advise of the inclination of the tool axis relative to a horizontal plane.
- 6. The hand-held power tool of claim 1 wherein the housing contains a bull's eye bubble level in a plane essentially perpendicular to the tool axis.
- 7. The hand-held power tool of claim 1 wherein the hand-held power tool is a portable electric drill.
- 8. The hand-held power tool of claim 1 wherein the hand-held power tool is powered by AC electrical energy.
- 9. The hand-held power tool of claim 1 wherein the hand-held power tool is powered by DC electrical energy.
- 10. The hand-held power tool of claim 1 wherein the housing of the power tool comprises at least one protrusion and the removably attachable portion comprises at lease one recess sized to receive the protrusion for releasably attaching the removably attachable portion.
- 11. A portable hand-held power tool comprising:
a housing including a drive mechanism and motor provided with a rotary output shaft aligned along a tool axis and a handle portion aligned along a handle axis, the handle portion having a power activator switch mounted thereon; a battery attached to the housing and in electrical connection with the motor for providing electrical power to the drive motor; and a removably attachable portion releasably attachable to the battery, the removably attachable portion having an object sensor.
- 12. The portable hand-held power tool of claim 11 wherein the battery has at least one slot formed thereon for releasably affixing the removably attachable portion to the battery.
- 13. The hand-held power tool of claim 11 wherein the removably attachable portion further comprises a level parallel with the tool axis so as to advise of the inclination of the tool axis relative to a horizontal plane.
- 14. The hand-held power tool of claim 11 wherein the hand-held power tool is a portable drill.
- 15. A hand-held power tool comprising a housing, a drive mechanism contained within the housing, and a removably attachable portion removably attachable to the housing wherein the removably attachable portion comprises an object sensor.
- 16. The hand-held power tool of claim 15 wherein the hand-held power tool is a reciprocating saw.
- 17. The hand-held power tool of claim 15 wherein the hand-held power tool has a rotary shaft.
- 18. The hand-held power tool of claim 15 wherein the hand-held power tool is powered by compressed air.
- 19. The hand-held power tool of claim 15 wherein the hand-held power tools is powered by electrical energy.
- 20. The hand-held power tool of claim 15 wherein the hand-held power tool is powered by a battery.
- 21. The hand-held power tool of claim 15 wherein the hand-held power tool is powered by AC energy.
- 22. The hand-held power tool of claim 15 wherein the housing further comprises at least one flange formed thereon and the removably attachable portion containing at least one flange and wherein the flanges cooperate to releasably attach the removably attachable portion to the housing.
- 23. The hand-held power tool of claim 15 wherein the housing of the power tool comprises at least one protrusion and the removably attachable portion comprises at lease one recess sized to receive the protrusion for releasably attaching the removably attachable portion.
- 24. The hand-held power tool of claim 15 wherein the housing comprises outwardly projecting housing flanges and housing grooves and the removably attachable portion comprises two inwardly projecting portion flanges and portion grooves and wherein the flanges and grooves on the housing cooperate with the flanges and grooves on the removably attachable portion to releasably affix the removably attachable portion to the housing.
- 25. The hand-held power tool of claim 17 wherein the removably attachable portion further comprises a level so as to advise of the inclination of the tool relative to a horizontal axis.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/501,194 filed on Feb. 10, 2000, entitled ACCESSORY TRAY FOR HAND-HELD POWER TOOL which is incorporated by reference herein.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
09501194 |
Feb 2000 |
US |
Child |
09993177 |
Nov 2001 |
US |