Storage bin with retaining feature
AssigneeSnap-on Incorporated
InventorsOttoleo Kuter-Arnebeck, Nicholas H. Weir
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Abstract
A storage container, basin, bin, or basket (referred to herein as a storage bin) with wheels. The storage bin includes retaining features or tabs that protrude on one side higher than a plane formed by an upper edge of the storage bin to keep the storage bin located under a tool storage cabinet or toolbox. The retaining features allow the storage bin to be slid under the tool storage cabinet or toolbox with the retaining features disposed between opposing front and back flanges on the bottom of the tool storage cabinet or toolbox. This allows the storage bin to be slid out and back under the tool storage cabinet or toolbox, while the retaining feature restricts the storage bin from being slid completely out from under tool storage cabinet or toolbox.
Claims9
A storage bin for a tool storage cabinet having a flange extending downwardly from a bottom surface of the tool storage cabinet, the storage bin comprising:
- a bin portion with opposing front and back side portions;
- a wheel coupled to the bin portion;
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- a retaining portion coupled to and extending upwardly from the back side portion, wherein the storage bin is positionable under the tool storage cabinet with the retaining portion spaced from the flange, and when the storage bin is moved in a direction outwardly from under the tool storage cabinet, the retaining portion is moved towards the flange and is adapted to contact the flange to restrict the storage bin from being completely moved out from under the tool storage cabinet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.