# US 2013/0155657 A1 · Handheld tool carrying case

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- Number: US 2013/0155657 A1
- Document ID: US20130155657A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/699,795
- Filed: 2011-04-05
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2010-05-27
- Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH
- Inventors: Uwe Werner; Georgios Margaritis
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130155657A1

## CPC

- F21V 33/0084: {Hand tools; Toolboxes}
- B25H 3/02: Boxes
- B25H 3/023: {movable relative to one another for access to their interiors}
- B65D 85/00: Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials (bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport B65D71/00)
- F21V 33/00: Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for
- F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B25H: WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS (storing or packaging B65)
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

## Abstract

A handheld tool carrying case having a carrying case base and a carrying case cover and at least one electronic system. The carrying case base is connected to the carrying case cover in a detachable fashion.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-12. (canceled)

### Claim 13

A handheld tool carrying case, comprising:
a carrying case base;
a carrying case cover; and
at least one electronic system;
wherein the carrying case base is connected to the carrying case cover in a detachable fashion.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 13, wherein at least one of the carrying case base and the carrying case cover has at least one battery interface and one lighting device, which are at least partly fixedly connected to the at least one of the carrying case base and the carrying case cover.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 13, further comprising:
a lighting device; and
an orientation device to fixate at least one part of one of the carrying case base or of the carrying case cover pivotably in various orientations relative to a resting plane of the one of the carrying case base or of the carrying case cover.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 14, wherein the lighting device forms at least part of an outer side of the carrying case.

### Claim 17 (depends on 14)

The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 14, wherein the lighting device has a light emission surface which is greater than 50 cm2.

### Claim 18 (depends on 13)

The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 13, further comprising:
a stacking arrangement configured to transmit a force in a direction of at least one of the carrying case base and the carrying case cover.

### Claim 19 (depends on 13)

The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 13, wherein at least one of the carrying case base and the carrying case cover has at least one add-on module fastener to fasten a functional add-on module.

### Claim 20 (depends on 13)

The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 13, further comprising:
at least one battery interface configured to supply the electronic system with electrical power.

### Claim 21 (depends on 13)

The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 13, further comprising:
a power input configured to take up energy from a power network.

### Claim 22 (depends on 13)

The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 13, further comprising:
an electrical operating element situated so as to be operable when the carrying case cover is closed.

### Claim 23 (depends on 22)

The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 22, wherein the operating element is situated to be actuated by stacking multiple handheld tool carrying cases.

### Claim 24

A carrying case cover of a handheld tool carrying case, the carrying case connectable to a carrying case base in a detachable fashion.