Portable power tool

Claim 1

A COMPACT PORTABLE HAND DRILL COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY L-SHAPED DRILL HOUSING AN UPPER RELATIVELY NARROW HOUSING PORTION AND A LOWER LATERALLY EXTENDING RELATIVELY BROAD PORTION WITH A FORWARD LATERAL EXTENSION FORWARDLY OF THE UPPER HOUSING PORTION HAVING A FORWARD END FACE; AN ELECTRIC MOTOR MOUNTED IN THE LOWER HOUSING PORTION IN PART WITHIN THE FORWARD LATERAL EXTENSION HAVING A LATERALLY EXTENDING MOTOR SHAFT EXTENDING REARWARDLY TO THE REAR OF THE L-SHAPED HOUSING, A SPINDLE SHAFT ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN THE UPPER HOUSING PORTION IN PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP WITH AND SUBSTANTIALLY WITHIN THE AXIAL CONFINES OF THE ELECTRIC MOTOR, THE SPINDLE SHAFT HAVING A FORWARD END FORWARDLY OF THE UPPER HOUSING PORTION AND REARWARDLY OF THE FORWARD END FACE OF THE FORWARD LATERAL EXTENSION, A DRILL CHUCK MOUNTED ON THE FORWARD END OF THE SPINDLE SHAFT EXTERNALLY OF THE L-SHAPED DRILL HOUSING AND ADJACENT TO, DIRECTLY ABOVE, AND IN SUBSTANTIALLY LATERALLY COEXTENSIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FORWARD LATERAL EXTENSION OF THE LOWER HOUSING PORTION, GEAR MEANS WITHIN THE REAR OF THE L-SHAPED HOUSING PROVIDING A DRIVE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE REAR END OF THE MOTOR SHAFT AND THE REAR END OF THE SPINDLE SHAFT, AND HANDLE MEANS ON THE HOUSING FOR MANIPULATION OF THE HAND DRILL INCLUDING A FIRST HANDLE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE L-SHAPED HOUSING.