End portion construction for handle of cordless electric device having a slide-out battery pack

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A CORDLESS ELECTRICAL DEVICE HAVING A BATTERY IN A HOUSING FORMED WITH AN OPEN END HAVING A CONTINUOUS RIM, A CLOSURE MEANS FOR THE HOUSING, COMPRISING: (A) A COVER MEMBER RECEIVED WITHIN THE OPEN END OF THE HOUSING AND SEATED AGAINST THE RIM OF THE HOUSING; (B) A PAIR OF MUTUALLY-ALIGNED PERIPHERAL BOSSES FORMED ON SAID COVER MEMBER, EACH OF SAID BOSSES HAVING A BORE THERETHROUGH; (C) A PAIR OF RECESSES FORMED IN THE HOUSING RADIALLY ADJACENT OF SAID RESPECTIVE BOSSES OF SAID COVER MEMBER, SAID RECESSES COMMUNICATING WITH SAID RESPECTIVE BORES IN SAID BOSSES; (D) A LOCKING POST SECURED TO SID COVER MEMBER INTERMEDIATE SAID BOSSES; AND (E) A LOCKING SPRING COMPRISING A PAIR OF LEGS STADDLING SAID POST, A MANUALLY-MANIPULATABLE UPTURNED BASE PORTION JOINING SAID LEGS, AND A PAIR OF OUTWARDLY-PROJECTING FEET, ONE ON EACH LEG; (F) SAID FEET BEING JOURNALED FOR RADIAL SLIDING MOVEMENT IN SAID RESPECTIVE BORES OF SAID BOSSES, WHEREY SAID LOCKING POST FORCES SAID FEET INTO SAID COMMUNICATING RECESSES IN THE HOUSING TO LATCH SAID COVER MEMBER TO THE HOUSING, AND WHEREBY, WHEN SAID LOCKING SPRING IS LIFTED, SAID LEGS CLEAR SAID LOCKING POST TO RETRACT SAID FEET IN SAID BORES AND OUT OF LATCHING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID RECESSES IN THE HOUSING.