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US 10,093,477 B2Granted
Decorative shaped hardware tray
OwnerPaul Di Bonainventor
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Abstract
A decorative shaped hardware tray in the form of a vehicle is provided and is designed to easily organize various hardware parts removed from a vehicle being worked on. The car-shaped hardware tray includes a base and a cover and the base includes a plurality of compartments for storing hardware. The location of each compartment within the tray matches the location of an actual vehicle from which the hardware is taken. In this way, when a user removes hardware from a vehicle being repaired, the user places the hardware in the compartment that corresponds to the part being repaired on the vehicle.
Claims12
A car-shaped hardware tray comprising:
- a hollow base in the shape of a bottom portion of a car in that the hollow base includes a first front bumper portion, a first rear bumper portion, a set of four bottom tire portions, and a first main body portion;
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- a cover that is pivotally attached to the hollow base, the cover having a shape in a form of a top portion of the car and the shape of the cover is complementary to the shape of the hollow base and includes a second front bumper portion, a second rear bumper portion, a set of four upper tire portions, and a second main body portion;
- wherein the hollow base further includes a plurality of upstanding walls that define a plurality of individual separated interior compartments for receiving hardware and an underside of the cover includes a plurality of ribs that complement and seat against the plurality of upstanding walls when the cover is in a closed position;
- wherein each of the bottom tire portions extends outwardly from the first main body portion and comprises a receptacle that has a hollow interior storage area that comprises one of the plurality of interior compartments and is defined by sides and a floor and each of the upper tire portions extends outwardly from the second main body portion;
- wherein each of the plurality of interior compartments is positioned in the hollow base so that the plurality of interior compartments correspond to different parts of the car and is for placement of hardware that is taken from the corresponding matching part of the car.
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