# US 2014/0151420 A1 · Tool holder for an aerial bucket lift

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- Number: US 2014/0151420 A1
- Document ID: US20140151420A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/091,414
- Filed: 2013-11-27
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-12-03
- Assignees: Safe Tree Products, LLC
- Applicants: Safe Tree Products, LLC
- Inventors: Albert W. Reeves
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140151420A1

## CPC

- B66F 13/00: Common constructional features or accessories
- B25H 3/00: Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments (containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents B65D83/00; {nail dispensers B25C3/00})
- B66F 11/04: for movable platforms or cabins, e.g. on vehicles, permitting workmen to place themselves in any desired position for carrying out required operations ({Working platforms on fork-lift trucks B66F9/127; } vehicle aspects of service vehicles B60P3/14; platforms for cleaning windows A47L3/02; devices for rescuing persons from buildings A62B1/02; liftable or lowerable platforms for use on ladders E06C7/16; maintenance travellers for bridges E01D19/10; scaffolds on an extensible sub-structure E04G1/22)
- B66F: HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD ({invalid lifting devices A61G7/10; } mounting artificial islands on piles or like supports E02B17/00; scaffolding combined with lifting devices E04G1/22; lifting devices for sliding forms E04G11/24; lifting of buildings E04G23/06; shores or struts E04G25/00; lifts or other hoisting devices on ladders E06C7/12; props for mining E21D15/00)
- B25H: WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS (storing or packaging B65)

## Abstract

A tool holder for a bucket lift is disclosed. The tool holder includes a backboard having left, right, front and back sides. A left side member and a right side member are attached to the left side and right side, respectively, of the backboard. A scabbard portion is attached to the front side of the backboard; the scabbard portion forms a pocket between the scabbard portion and backboard. A left hook and a right hook extend from the left side member and right side member respectively, the left hook and right hook are configured and arranged to couple to a bucket of an aerial bucket lift.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A tool holder for a bucket lift, comprising:
a backboard having left, right, front and back sides;
a left side member and a right side member attached to the left side and right side, respectively, of the backboard;
a scabbard portion attached to the front side of the backboard, the scabbard portion forming a pocket between the scabbard portion and backboard; and
a left hook and a right hook extending from the left side member and right side member respectively, the left hook and right hook configured and arranged to couple to a bucket of an aerial bucket lift.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The tool holder of claim 1, wherein the pocket is configured and arranged to hold a blade of a tool

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The tool holder of claim 2, wherein the pocket is configured and arranged to hold a blade of a tool chainsaw.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The tool holder of claim 2, wherein the pocket is configured and arranged to hold a blade of a hand saw.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The tool holder of claim 1, wherein the pocket is configured and arranged to hold a beverage cup.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The tool holder of claim 1, wherein the left hook and right hook include a semi-circular surface configured for hanging on a pipe-style bucket of an aerial bucket lift.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The tool holder of claim 1, wherein the left side member and the right side member include a hogged out portion configured to receive a left side and a right side of the scabbard portion, respectively.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The tool holder of claim 1, further comprising rollers on the scabbard portion at an open mouth formed between the backboard and scabbard portion.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The tool holder of claim 1, further comprising a hand saw scabbard attached to a front of the scabbard portion.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The tool holder of claim 9, wherein the hand saw scabbard further includes rollers at an open end thereof.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The tool holder of claim 1, wherein the left side member, right said member, backboard and scabbard portion are attached via fasteners that are fastened laterally through the side members and scabbard portion, and into the backboard.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The tool holder of claim 1, further comprising rubberized tape on the left hook and right hook.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The tool holder of claim 1, wherein the left side member and right side member each further comprise upper support braces and lower support braces extending rearward therefrom, configured and arranged to support the tool holder plumb against an exterior side wall of a bucket for an aerial bucket lift.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The tool holder of claim 13, wherein the upper support braces are configured to extend upwards and underneath a lip at an upper end of the bucket when the tool holder is placed thereon.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The tool holder of claim 1, where in the scabbard portion comprises two rings and a plate spaced apart.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The tool holder of claim 1, wherein the left hook and the right hook each comprise a top portion extending rearward from the left side member and right side member, respectively, and a back support portion depending from the top portion.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The tool holder of claim 16, wherein the left hook and right hook further comprise a foot portion extending inwardly from the back support portion.
