Tool case
AssigneeThe Plastic Forming Company, Inc.
InventorPeter T. Schurman
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Abstract
A case is disclosed for a tool that includes an elongated shaft and a fitting attached to and extending perpendicularly from the shaft at a location spaced from a free shaft end. The case comprises a body which is formed with a tool shaft accepting recess, a first socket extending axially from the recess for receiving the free end of the shaft and a second socket extending perpendicularly to the recess for receiving the tool fitting. Axial movement of the tool is prevented when the free end of the shaft and the fitting are respectively received in the first and second sockets. Moreover, the tool can only be removed from the case by first disengaging the fitting from the second socket and then disengaging the free end of the shaft from the first socket.
Claims7
A case for a tool which includes an elongated shaft, having a free end and an extreme end axially opposed to the free end, said case comprising:
- a body formed with
- 1. an elongated tool shaft accepting recess;
- 2. socket means extending axially from said recess formed to receive at least a portion of the free end of the shaft;
- 3. abutment means extending generally perpendicularly from said recess formed to abut the extreme end of the shaft;
- and
- 4. means for preventing disengagement of a tool shaft extreme end from said recess to thereby prevent removal of the tool from said case, said preventing means comprising a strap hinged to said body for pivoted movement between positions closed over said recess and open away from said recess;
- whereby the free end of a tool shaft may be received in said socket means and the extreme end of a tool shaft may abut said abutment means to prevent axial movement of a tool stored in the case, and whereby a tool may only be removed from said case by first disengaging the extreme tool shaft end from abutment with said abutment means and then disengaging the free end of the tool shaft from said socket means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.