Access door for a storage unit
AssigneeSnap-on Incorporated
InventorsOttoleo Kuter-Arnebeck, Nicholas H. Weir
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Abstract
A storage unit having an interior containment space. The storage unit includes a connection member, an access door coupled to the storage unit via a hinge and adapted to cover at least a portion of the interior containment space, and a biasing member having opposing first and second ends. The first end is coupled to the access door, and the second end is releasably coupled to the connection member. The second end is adapted to be released from the connection member when the access door is overextended or opened with too great a force.
Claims17
A storage unit having an interior containment space, the storage unit comprising:
- a connection member including an opening;
- a bracket having an attachment feature;
- an access door adapted to cover at least a portion of the interior containment space;
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- a biasing member having opposing first and second ends, the first end coupled to the attachment feature and the second end includes a ball engaging the opening to releasably couple the biasing member to the connection member,
- wherein the ball disengages from the opening to release the second end from the connection member when the access door is over-extended.
An access door adapted to be coupled to a storage unit and cover at least a portion of an interior containment space of the storage unit, wherein the storage unit includes a connection member having an opening, the access door comprising:
- a compression spring or gas strut having opposing first and second ends, wherein the first end is coupled to the access door and the second end includes a ball adapted to engage the opening to releasably couple the compression spring or gas strut to the connection member,
- wherein the ball is adapted to disengage from the opening to release the second end from the connection member when the access door is over-extended.
A storage unit having an interior containment space, the storage unit comprising:
- a connection member;
- a clip adapted to receive the connection member to releasably couple to the connection member;
- a bracket having an attachment feature;
- an access door adapted to cover at least a portion of the interior containment space;
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- a biasing member having opposing first and second ends, the first end coupled to the attachment feature and the second end coupled to the clip,
- wherein the clip disengages from the connection member when the access door is over-extended.
An access door adapted to be coupled to a storage unit and cover at least a portion of an interior containment space of the storage unit, wherein the storage unit includes a connection member having an opening, the access door comprising:
- a bracket disposed on the access door and having an attachment feature;
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- a biasing member having opposing first and second ends, wherein the first end is coupled to the attachment feature and the second end includes a ball adapted to engage the opening to releasably couple the biasing member to the connection member,
- wherein the ball is adapted to disengage from the opening to release the second end from the connection member when the access door is over-extended.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.