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US 12,491,923 B2Granted
Removable pull rod assembly for rolling toolbox and the like
AssigneeMeridian International Co., Ltd.
InventorShujun Cai
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Abstract
A fixed rod and a pull rod slidingly engageable in the fixed rod with a plug mounted inside the bottom end of the pull rod and a push button mounted at the bottom of the plug. The push button has a first position and a second position with respect to the plug. When the push button is in the first position with respect to the plug, the pull rod is slidable up and down inside the fixed rod. When the push button is located in the second position with respect to the plug, the pull rod is removable from the fixed rod.
Claims16
A pull rod assembly combined to a toolbox, the pull rod assembly comprising:
- a fixed rod combined to the toolbox;
- a pull rod slidingly engageable in the fixed rod;
- a plug mounted inside a bottom end of the pull rod;
- a push button mounted at a bottom of the plug, wherein the push button has a first position and a second position with respect to the plug;
- wherein when the push button is in the first position with respect to the plug, the pull rod is slidable up and down inside the fixed rod, and wherein when the push button is located in the second position with respect to the plug, the pull rod is capable of being removed from the fixed rod;
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- wherein the plug further comprises a transverse U-shaped slot at a bottom of the plug for mounting the push button therein, wherein the transverse U-shaped slot is provided with a first fixed slot and a second fixed slot at the top, and wherein when the push button is in the first position, the push button is seated with the first fixed slot, and when the push button is in the second position, the push button is seated with the second fixed slot.
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A toolbox comprising:
- a toolbox body;
- a fixed rod combined to the toolbox body;
- a pull rod slidingly engageable in the fixed rod;
- a plug mounted inside a bottom end of the pull rod;
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- a push button mounted at a bottom of the plug, wherein the push button has a first position and a second position with respect to the plug;
- wherein when the push button is in the first position with respect to the plug, the pull rod is slidable up and down inside the fixed rod, and wherein when the push button is located in the second position with respect to the plug, the pull rod is capable of being removed from the fixed rod;
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- wherein the plug further comprises a transverse U-shaped slot at a bottom of the plug for mounting the push button therein, wherein the transverse U-shaped slot is provided with a first fixed slot and a second fixed slot at the top, and wherein when the push button is in the first position, the push button is seated with the first fixed slot, and when the push button is in the second position, the push button is seated with the second fixed slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.