Mobile power tool battery charging pod with lockable compartments
AssigneesMakinex IP Pty Ltd, Lendlease Building Pty Ltd
InventorsRory Campbell Kennard, Jason King
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Abstract
A power tool battery charging station (1) in the form of a mobile pod. The station/pod (1) includes a housing (2) and a plurality of compartments (3). Each compartment (3) has a lockable door (4), and a cutout (5) through which an electrical cord may be provided. Ventilation cutouts (7) may additionally be provided in the housing (2). The housing (2) incorporates a plurality of electrical outlets (6), each adapted to receive a plug of a respective power tool battery. The housing (2) additionally incorporates a circuit breaker operatively connected to the electrical outlets (6).
Claims19
A power tool battery charging station, including:
- a mobile pod having a housing,
- a plurality of compartments in the housing, each compartment adapted to receive at least one power tool battery charger therein;
- a lockable door on each compartment, the door movable between an open position and a closed position;
- a plurality of electrical outlets provided on said housing outside the compartments, each outlet adapted to receive a plug of an electrical cord of a respective power tool battery charger disposed inside the compartment;
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- a cutout associated with each compartment or lockable door, the cutout being adapted to receive the electrical cord being fed from the compartment to one of the electrical outlets located outside the compartment, while the lockable door is closed,
- wherein closing the lockable door causes the compartment to be closed, thereby enclosing the power tool battery charger within the compartment and retaining the electrical cord in the cutout, such that the power tool battery charger remains securely maintained within the compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.