Modular tool container
AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
InventorsCourtney J. Burns, Michael J. Zimmermann, Steven W. Hyma, Michael D. Huh
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Abstract
A tool case including a base having a lower surface and a tool holder insert supported by the base. The lower surface of the base defines a plurality of guides. The tool holder insert includes a base portion, an insert portion extending from the base portion in a first direction, a main body portion extending from the base portion in a second direction that is opposite the first direction, and a wing extending outwardly from the base portion. The insert portion engages one of the plurality of guides. The main body portion is configured to receive an oscillating multi tool blade, and the wing has a detent that engages another of the plurality of guides.
Claims20
A tool case comprising:
- a base having a lower surface, the lower surface defining a plurality of guides;
- and
- a tool holder insert supported by the base, the tool holder insert including
- a base portion,
- an insert portion extending from the base portion in a first direction, the insert portion engaging one of the plurality of guides,
- a main body portion extending from the base portion in a second direction that is opposite the first direction, the main body portion configured to receive an oscillating multi tool blade, and
- a wing extending outwardly from the base portion, the wing having a detent that engages another of the plurality of guides.
A tool case comprising:
- a base having a lower surface, the lower surface defining a plurality of guides;
- and
- a tool holder insert supported by the base, the tool holder insert including
- a base portion,
- an insert portion extending from the base portion in a first direction, the insert portion engaging one of the plurality of guides, and
- a main body portion extending from the base portion in a second direction that is opposite the first direction, the main body portion including a projection forming a resting surface that is configured to support an offset anchor of an oscillating multi tool blade.
A tool case comprising:
- a base including a lower surface and walls extending away from the lower surface, the lower surface and the walls defining a cavity, the lower surface defining a plurality of double bayonet channels;
- a lid coupled to the base to selectively enclose the cavity;
- and
- a tool holder insert supported by the base and positioned within the cavity, the tool holder insert including
- a base portion,
- an insert portion extending from the base portion in a first direction, the insert portion having a double bayonet projection that is received in one of the plurality of double bayonet channels,
- a main body portion extending from the base portion in a second direction that is opposite the first direction, the main body portion including a plurality of ridges that extend along the main body portion from the base portion to a top of the tool holder insert, the main body portion also including a projection between two ridges of the plurality of ridges, the projection forming a resting surface that is configured to support an offset anchor of an oscillating multi tool blade, and
- a wing extending outwardly from the base portion, the wing having a detent that engages another of the plurality of double bayonet channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.