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US 2026/0274508 A1Published application
Utility Assembly and Coupling Mechanism
AssigneesMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Keter Plastic Ltd.
InventorsYaron Brunner, Grant T. Squiers, Christopher S. Hoppe, Steven W. Hyma
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Abstract
The present disclosure concerns a coupling mechanism for detachably attaching two or more utility modules to one another, utility assembles, mobile carriers and other attachable modules and articles.
Claims16
1-20. (canceled)
A utility module comprising:
- a panel defining a front edge and an opposing rear edge;
- a plurality of female couplers located on the panel, each of the plurality of female couplers including a rear wall, a front wall opposite the rear wall and closer to the front edge than the rear wall, a first side wall between the rear wall and the front wall, a second side wall opposite the first side wall and between the rear wall and the front wall, a first rib extending from the rear wall towards the front wall and from the first side wall towards the second side wall, and a second rib extending from the rear wall towards the front wall and from the second side wall towards the first side wall, each of the plurality of female couplers configured to be engaged with a second utility module, wherein the second utility module slides in a first direction towards the rear edge relative to the panel to engage the second utility module with the panel, and wherein the second utility module slides in a second direction, opposite the first direction, relative to the panel to remove the second utility module from the panel;
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- a first locking latch arresting location configured to engage with a latch assembly of the second utility module, wherein the first locking latch arresting location is a first distance from the front edge, and wherein the first distance is less than each of the distances from the plurality of female couplers to the front edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.