US 11,864,493 B2
Handle for a hand-guided power tool and trimmer
Liv Bicheler, Kernen i. R. (DE); Roland Mandel, Stuttgart (DE); and Simon Haug, Waiblingen (DE)
Assigned to Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG, Waiblingen (DE)
Filed by Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG, Waiblingen (DE)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/219,979.
Claims priority of application No. 20169021 (EP), filed on Apr. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0315157 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A01D 34/90 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 34/902 (2013.01) [A01D 2034/907 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handle for a hand-guided power tool, the handle comprising:
a shaft comprising a fastening end and a free end, the fastening end configured to secure the handle on the power tool;
an outer side configured to at least partially support a palm of a hand of a user;
an inner side positioned opposite the outer side:
a thumb support surface provided at the inner side, wherein the thumb support surface, viewed in a side view of the handle perpendicular to the inner side, is positioned at an angle of at least 20° and at most 70° in relation to a longitudinal axis of the handle at every point of the thumb support surface; and
wherein the thumb support surface is positioned between two parallel extending planes, wherein the two parallel extending planes are spaced apart from each other at a distance of less than 3 mm, and wherein the thumb support surface comprises a length of at least 2.5 cm and a width of at least 8 mm.