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US 10,300,595 B1Granted
Socket holder and storage device
OwnerAnthony Fletcherinventor
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Abstract
A socket holder and storage device includes a sheet of plastic with tabbed cutouts. The cutouts are generally upside down U-shaped apertures with an integrally formed cantilevered tab extending upwardly from the middle of the bottom of the aperture. The tab, which can be deflected, is sized and configured to fit in the square drive recess of a socket. The aperture is sized and shaped to receive a socket and prevent disengagement from the tab unless the tab is deflected. The sheet may be equipped with various accessories and stored in crates.
Claims16
A tool holder comprising:
- a sheet, the sheet being generally rigid and planar and having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge and an opposite second side edge;
- a circular aperture formed in the sheet, the circular aperture having a diameter of about 0.45 to 0.75 inches;
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- a plurality of spaced apart socket holders formed in the sheet, the plurality of spaced apart socket holders being spaced apart from the circular aperture, each socket holder comprising:
- a generally upside down U-shaped opening having a width of about 0.75 to 1.5 inches and a height of about 1.5 to 2.5 inches, the U-shaped opening including a top, a bottom, a first side and a second side, the first side and second side being parallel and spaced apart, the top and bottom being parallel and spaced apart;
- the U-shaped opening defining a vertical tab extending upwardly from the bottom of the U-shaped opening, between the first side and second side of the U-shaped opening, to between the top and bottom of the U-shaped opening, the vertical tab being flexible and having a tab width that is not greater than ⅕ to ⅓ of the width of the U-shaped opening, and a gap between the top of the U-shaped opening and the vertical tab being at least about 0.5 to 1.0 inches.
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