Tool Container
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsJohn Streich, Daniel Findle, Patrick Keenan, David Namey
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Abstract
A tool container has a pair of housing members pivotally coupled with one another to provide an opened and closed position. At least one of the members defines a cavity to receive tools. The cavity is defined by a base and a wall extending from the base. A tool retaining insert is permanently secured in the cavity. The insert and wall include tenons and grooves to secure the insert in the housing member. Also, an arcuate locking mechanism is included to maintain the pair of housing members in a closed position.
Claims25
1-72. (canceled)
A tool container, comprising:
- two housing members pivotally coupled with one another for opening and closing with respect to one another, at least one housing member defining a cavity for receiving tools, said cavity defined by a base and a wall extending from said base, said wall including a plurality of alternating dove-tail recesses and tenons;
- an insert for retaining tools, said insert having a surface with a plurality of alternating dove-tail recesses and tenons, said tenons cooperating with opposing recesses for securing with said wall.
A tool retaining insert, comprising
- a body member;
- a plurality of tool receiving cradles;
- and
- a finger mechanism projecting from said body adjacent and spaced from said tool receiving cradles for retaining tools in said cradles.
A tool container, comprising:
- a housing member defining a cavity for receiving tools, said cavity defined by a base and a wall extending from said base, said wall including at least one securement members;
- at least one insert for retaining tools, said at least one insert being multi-positionable in said housing member, said insert having a surface with at least one securement member for cooperating with said at least one wall securement member for securing with said housing member wall in said plurality of positions.
A method of making a tool container, comprising:
- providing a housing member having a cavity defined by a base and a wall extending from said base, said wall including at least one mating mechanism;
- providing at least one tool receiving insert having a plurality of tool receiving members, said tool receiving insert having at least one mating mechanism for cooperating with said wall mating mechanism;
- positioning said at least one insert in one of a plurality of predetermined positions in said cavity wherein said mating mechanisms mate with one another;
- and
- securing said at least one insert in said cavity.
A tool container comprising:
- two housing members pivotally coupled with one another for opening and closing with respect to one another, at least one housing member defining a cavity for receiving tools, said cavity defined by a base and a wall extending from said base, at least one of said housing bases having a roughed surface;
- an insert for retaining tools, said insert permanently secured in said cavity, said insert having a surface for securing with said member base or wall;
- and
- said insert surface being in contact with said base or wall surface, and wherein the surfaces are fixed together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.