Tool box handle
AssigneeLaFrance Precision Casting Company
InventorsJoseph A. Teti, Jr., Peter A. Peroni
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Abstract
A handle for tool boxes and the like includes an elongated strap having a pair of lugs at each end thereof each pair of which slides in lug nests in a respective end cover. The end covers are of thickened construction in the path of inward sliding motion to provide greater load carrying capability. The end covers include mounting structure for simplifying the assembly of the handle on the tool box or the like.
Claims41
A handle for mounting on a panel of a tool box or the like comprising an elongated strap, a pair of lugs at each end of said strap, said lugs in each pair being aligned with each other and extending outwardly from each strap perpendicularly thereto, an end cover for each end of said strap, said end covers being identical with each other, each of said end covers forming a housing with the panel into which a respective pair of said lugs is captured, said housings being open at their ends facing each other and being otherwise closed, keepers formed on each of said end covers for facilitating securement thereto to the panel, a pair of opposed lug nests in opposite sides of said housing parallel to said strap, the sides of said lug nests being spaced apart a distance slightly larger than the distance from the end of one of said lugs to end of the other of said lugs of each of said pair of lugs whereby said lugs may slide in said lug nests, each of said lug nests having an upper wall and having a front wall at said open end of its respective of said end covers, said upper wall and said front wall comprising abutments in the path of inward sliding motion of said lugs to prevent further inward sliding motion of said lugs, and said end covers being of thickened construction in portions thereof in said path of inward sliding motion of said lugs to provide greater load carrying capability of said handle.
A handle for mounting on a panel of a tool box or the like comprising an elongated strap, a pair of lugs at each end of said strap, said lugs in each pair being aligned with each other and extending outwardly from said strap perpendicularly thereto, an end cover for each end of said strap, said end covers being identical with each other, said end covers forming a housing with the panel into which a respective pair of said lugs is captured, said housings being open at their ends facing each other and being otherwise closed, keepers formed on each of said end covers for facilitating securement thereto to the panel, a pair of opposed lug nests in opposite sides of said housing parallel to said strap, the sides of said lug nests being spaced apart a distance slightly larger than the distance from the end of one of said lugs to end of the other of said lugs of each of said pair of lugs whereby said lugs may slide in said lug nests, each of said lug nests having an upper wall and having a front wall at said open end of its respective said end covers, said upper wall and said front wall comprising abutments in the path of inward sliding motion of said lugs to prevent further inward sliding motion of said lugs, said keepers comprising a plurality of depending legs integral with said end cover, said legs including a central leg extending from the remote end of said end cover remote from said open end, a corner leg at each corner of said end cover at said open end, each of said corner legs being L-shaped with a vertical portion extending from said end cover and a horizontal portion at the free end thereof, and a slot extending completely through said central leg for facilitating the fastening of said end cover to the panel after said legs have been inserted into corresponding openings in the panel.
An arrangement for mounting an object to a support comprising, in combination, a pair of remote legs extending from the face of said object disposed toward said support, said face further having a central leg remote from said remote legs, a plurality of holes extending through said support through which said remote legs and said central leg may be inserted to extend through said support and be exposed on the remote side of said support, each of said remote legs having a portion thereof exposed from said remote face of said support and perpendicular thereto, said portions being grooved along the sides thereof facing each other, said central leg extending through its said hole in said support, a slot in said central leg exposed on said remote side, a generally flat fastener, said fastener having a pair of deflectable arms disposed in the grooves of said portions, said fastener having a lead end disposed in said slot of said central leg, and said fastener being engaged in said slot and in said grooved portions with said support between said fastener and said object face to provide a spaced, triangular multi-point locking of said object to said support.
An arrangement for mounting an object to a support comprising, in combination, said object having a body portion for being on one side of the support, a pair of L-shaped legs extending away from said body portion for being inserted through corresponding holes in the support whereby the free ends of said legs may be disposed against the support on the side thereof opposite said body portion, a central leg extending away from said body portion disposed remote from and between said L-shaped legs for fitting through a further corresponding opening in the support, said central leg being slotted, and fastening means on said central leg for acting against the support to cooperate with said L-shaped legs in providing multi-point spaced triangular mounting of said object to the support at said L-shaped legs and said central legs.
An end cover for securing a handle to a panel of a tool box or the like comprising a dished out body member for forming a housing with the panel into which a respective pair of lugs is captured, said member being open at one end and open at its floor and being otherwise closed, keepers formed on said floor and extending away therefrom for facilitating securement thereto to the panel, a pair of opposed lug nests in opposite sides of said housing on each side of said open end, the sides of said lug nests being spaced apart whereby the lugs may slide in said lug nests, each of said lug nests having an upper wall and having a front wall at said open end, said upper wall and said front wall comprising abutments to be in the path of inward sliding motion of the lugs to prevent further inward sliding motion of the lugs, said end cover being of thickened construction in portions thereof in said path of inward sliding motion of the lugs to provide gerater load carrying capability of the handle, said keepers comprising a plurality of depending legs integral with said end cover, said legs including a central leg extending from the remote end of said end cover remote from said open end, a corner leg at each corner of said end cover at said open end, each of said corner legs being L-shaped with a vertical portion extending from said end cover and a horizontal portion at the free end thereof, and a horizontal slot extending completely through said central leg for receiving a fastener therein after said legs have been inserted into corresponding openings in the panel.
An end cover for securing a handle to a panel of a tool box or the like comprising a dished-out body member for forming a housing with the panel into which a respective pair of lugs is captured, said member being open at one end and open at its floor and being otherwise closed, keepers formed on said floor and extending away therefrom for facilitating securement thereto to the panel, a pair of opposed lug nests in opposite sides of said housing on each side of said open end, the sides of said lug nests being spaced apart whereby the lugs may slide in said lug nests, each of said lug nests having an upper wall and having a front wall at said open end, said upper wall and said front wall comprising abutments to be in the path of inward sliding motion of the lugs to prevent further inward sliding motion of the lugs, said end cover being of thickened construction in portions thereof in said path of inward sliding motion of the lugs to provide greater load carrying capability of the handle, said keepers comprising a plurality of depending legs integral with said end cover, said legs including a central leg extending from the remote end of said end cover remote from said open end, a corner leg at each corner of said end cover at said open end, each of said corner legs being L-shaped with a vertical portion extending from said end cover and a horizontal portion at the free end thereof, a locking leg at the end of said end cover remote from said open end, said locking leg having a generally vertical slot creating bifurcated arms which have remote edges tapering away from each other to provide a leading end insertable into its panel opening, a notch extending across one of said arms for engaging the panel at its opening, and said arms being deflectable to permit said arms to be squeezed together until said notch has entered its opening and to then return to their normal spread apart condition upon termination of the squeezing to lock said end cover to the panel.
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