# US 2023/0057776 A1 · Friction post socket tool holder

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- Number: US 2023/0057776 A1
- Document ID: US20230057776A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/045,409
- Filed: 2022-10-10
- Published: 2023-02-23
- Earliest claimed: 2019-02-17
- Assignees: Mechanic's Time Savers, Inc.
- Applicants: Mechanic's Time Savers, Inc.
- Inventors: Shawn D. Winnard; Richard A. Heidelberger
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230057776A1

## CPC

- B25H 3/06: Trays
- B25H 3/003: {Holders for drill bits or the like}
- G09F 3/02: Forms or constructions (layered products B32B)
- G09F 2003/0214: {Stock management}
- B25H: WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS (storing or packaging B65)
- G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS

## Abstract

A socket organizer for releasably holding socket holders is provided. The organizer has a plurality of friction fit posts onto which sockets are positioned and held securely.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A socket organizer for releasably holding a plurality of sockets, the organizer comprising:
a plurality of sockets, each socket having a square drive hole defined by four interior walls;
an organizer body having a plurality of posts extending upwardly therefrom, each of the plurality of posts for releasably holding a corresponding socket by friction fit with a force sufficient to maintain the socket tool on the post when the organizer is held upside down;
for each socket, the square drive hole of the socket releasably positionable onto a post regardless of the relative rotational positions of the socket and the post, and the socket maintained on the post by friction fit without rotating the socket relative to the post.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The socket organizer of claim 1, wherein the four interior walls of each socket are flat and without any shaped feature for cooperating with a post.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The socket organizer of claim 2, further comprising a plurality of socket holder assemblies releasably and movably attached to the organizer body, and wherein one of the plurality of posts is connected to a corresponding socket holder assembly.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The tool organizer of claim 1, wherein each post defines six splines extending along the post, the points of contact occurring between the splines and the drive hole wall of the square drive socket hole.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The tool organizer of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of interchangeable labels removably attachable to the tool organizer body or the plurality of posts extending upwardly therefrom.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The tool organizer of claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of posts includes a columnar shoulder abutting an aperture defined in a corresponding label.