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US 12,108,873 B2Granted
Actuating work surface for storage device
AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
InventorCaleb C. Adams
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Abstract
The systems described in this disclosure can be used with a storage system to provide a platform for items and/or papers such as blueprints. A container includes a top panel that is pivotal relative to the container. The container may include additional panels that are pivotal with respect to the top panel and that rotate away from the top panel to extend the platform provided by the top panel.
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A container comprising:
- a housing;
- a top panel defining a top surface;
- a left panel pivotal relative to the top panel, wherein the left panel pivotally rotates with respect to the top panel around a first axis between an opened position and a closed position, and wherein a bottom of the left panel and the top surface of the top panel are both facing upwards when the left panel is in the opened position;
- a top surface of the left panel opposite the bottom of the left panel, the top surface of the left panel including a coupling interface configured to couple the container to a second container;
- a support arm, wherein a first end of the support arm is pivotal relative to a top of the left panel that is opposite the bottom of the left panel;
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- a support structure comprising a ramp that interfaces against a second end of the support arm opposite the first end, wherein when the left panel is in the opened position the ramp defines an angle with respect to a line that extends from the bottom of the ramp to the first axis of the left panel, and wherein the angle is between 95 and 115 degrees.
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A container comprising:
- a housing;
- a top panel defining a top surface;
- a left panel pivotal relative to the top panel, wherein the left panel pivotally rotates with respect to the top panel around a first axis between an opened position and a closed position, and wherein a bottom of the left panel and the top surface of the top panel are both facing upwards when the left panel is in the opened position, and wherein a top of the left panel defines a channel;
- a top surface of the left panel opposite the bottom of the left panel, the top surface of the left panel including a coupling interface configured to couple the container to a second container;
- a support arm, wherein a first end of the support arm is pivotally coupled to a top of the left panel that is opposite the bottom, and wherein the support arm rotates with respect to the left panel around a second axis, and wherein the second axis extends through the channel in the left panel;
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- a biasing element that biases the support arm into the channel.
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A container comprising:
- a housing defining an internal storage compartment;
- a top panel pivotal relative to the housing, wherein the top panel rotates with respect to the housing around a first axis;
- a left panel pivotal relative to the top panel, wherein the left panel pivotally rotates with respect to the top panel around a second axis between an opened position and a closed position, and wherein the second axis is perpendicular to the first axis, the left panel including a first planar bottom surface that faces downward when the left panel is in the closed position relative to the top panel and that faces upward when the left panel is in the opened position relative to the top panel;
- a right panel pivotal relative to the top panel, wherein the right panel pivotally rotates with respect to the top panel around a third axis between an opened position and a closed position, and wherein the third axis is perpendicular to the first axis, and wherein the second axis and the third axis are parallel with respect to each other, the right panel including a second planar bottom surface that faces downward when the right panel is in the closed position relative to the top panel and that faces upward when the right panel is in the opened position relative to the top panel;
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- a bottom surface of the container that defines a coupling interface configured to couple the container to a second container.
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