POWER TOOL AND REMOVABLE USER INTERFACE GUARD

Organization Name

Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.

Inventor(s)

Joshua O. Johnson of Allentown PA US

James F. Bouchard of Easton PA US

Roger B. Davis of Andover NJ US

POWER TOOL AND REMOVABLE USER INTERFACE GUARD

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18909275 titled 'POWER TOOL AND REMOVABLE USER INTERFACE GUARD

Original Abstract Submitted

A power tool includes a housing having a working end and a side (e.g., back side) separate from the working end, and a user interface supported by the housing and positioned on the side of the housing. The power tool can also include one or more protrusions defined by the housing proximate to the user interface and extending away from the housing for protecting the user interface from an impact on the side of the housing. A removable user interface guard for the power tool includes a body formed of an impact resistant material for protecting the user interface of the power tool from an impact at the side of the power tool, and a retention feature on the body configured to mate with a corresponding feature on the housing of the power tool to removably secure the body to the side of the housing over the user interface.