Suspendable locker
AssigneeSnap-on Incorporated
InventorsJack A. Parise, John J. Landree
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Abstract
The suspendable locker has a plurality of side walls and a top wall interconnected to define an interior space. The suspendable locker has an open bottom leaving the interior space exposed from below. A door is hingedly connected to a side wall to provide an access opening into the interior space along a side at the bottom so a cart can be rolled into and from the interior space. An attachment structure for suspending the locker from a storage cabinet is connected to a side wall. The attachment structure includes a pair of L-shaped flanges connected to an exterior surface of a side wall. The L-shaped flanges engage a lip on a tool storage cabinet, enabling the suspendable locker to be cantilevered from the storage cabinet.
Claims19
A method of securing tools removed form a lockable cabinet and placed on a rolling cart without removing the tools from the cart, comprising:
- a. Providing on an outside of the cabinet an open-bottom locker with a side-access doorway at a bottom thereof closable by a lockable door,
- b. Opening the door,
- c. Rolling the cart with the tools thereon into the locker through the doorway, and
- d. Closing and locking the door.
A method of securing tools removed form a lockable cabinet and placed on a rolling cart without removing the tools from the cart, comprising:
- a. Providing on an outside of the cabinet an open-bottom locker with a side-access doorway at a bottom thereof closable by a lockable door,
- b. Opening the door,
- c. Rolling the cart with the tools thereon into the locker through the doorway, and
- d. Closing and locking the door.
What is claimed is:
A method of securing tools removed from a lockable cabinet and placed on a rolling cart without removing the tools from the cart comprising:
- a. Providing on an outside of the cabinet an open-bottom locker with side walls and a side-access doorway at a bottom thereof closable by a lockable door, wherein each side wall has at least one reinforcing structural support,
- b. Guarding the structural supports by providing structure coupled thereto and projecting laterally inwardly therefrom,
- c. Attaching the locker to the cabinet by means of a hook-like flange and fasteners extending through openings in a wall of the cabinet,
- d. Opening the door,
- e. Rolling the cart with the tools thereon into the locker through the doorway, and
- f. Closing and locking the door.
A method of providing a tool at a job site, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. Providing a tool cabinet for securing a tool, and a locker connected with the tool cabinet having an interior space, an open bottom to facilitate movement of an object into and out of the interior space, and an opening providing access to the interior space;
- b. Associating a tool with the object;
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- c. Moving the object into and out of the interior space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.