Saw blade guard

Claim 1

A SAW BLADE GUARD FOR A CARPENTER''S SAW HAVING A HANDLE AND A BLADE TAPERING FROM A WIDER END ADJACENT THE HANDLE TO A NARROWER FREE END WITH A TOOTHED EDGE AND AN UNTOOTHED EDGE EXTENDING THEREALONG, SAID GUARD COMPRISING AN ELONGATED GUARD MEMBER OF RELATIVELY RIGID MATERIAL HAVING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SLOT THEREIN DIMENSIONED TO RECEIVE THE TOOTHED EDGE OF THE BLADE OF AN ASSOCIATED CARPENTER''S SAW; AND A RETAINING MEMBER PROVIDING A LOOP OF FLEXIBLE, RELATIVELY STRETCH-RESISTANT MATERIAL HAVING RELATIVELY HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE SLOTTED PORTION OF SAID GUAD MEMBER AND DIMENSIONED TO EXTEND TIGHTLY ABOUT A PORTION OF THE BLADE AND AN ASSOICIATED CARPENTER''S SAW RECEIVED IN SAID SLOT, SAID RETAINING MEMBER BEING SLIDABLY MOUNTED UPON SAID GUARD MEMBER FOR SLIDING MOVEMENT THEREALONG AND FOR SLIDING MOVEMENT OF SAID LOOP OVER THE UNTOOTHED EDGE OF THE ASSOCIATED SAW BLADE FROM THE NARROWER END TOWARD THE WIDER END THEREOF FOR BINDING FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TAPERING UNTOOTHED EDGE OF THE SAW BLADE AT A POINT INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF TO PROVIDE A RAPIDLY DISENGAGEABLE BUT SECURE SEATING OF THE SAW BLADE WITHIN SAID SLOT OF SAID GUARD MEMBER.