Tote box for carrying different length circuit boards

A tote box for carrying different length circuit boards, said box comprising:

• two opposing side walls;
• two opposing end walls having inwardly opening vertically extending grooves therein;
• a bottom;
• means defining a first plurality of horizontally substantially equally spaced apart inwardly opening vertically extending grooves in one of said side walls;
• means defining a second plurality of horizontally substantially equally spaced apart inwardly opening vertically extending grooves in the other of said side walls, said first and second plurality of grooves being mirror images of each other relative to a vertical plane parallel to the side walls and positioned midway therebetween;
• a first locator member comprising a first vertically extending tongue means releasably positionable in any desired one of the first grooves and defining a third plurality of horizontally substantially equally spaced apart inwardly opening vertically extending grooves, said third grooves being more closely spaced apart than said first and second grooves;
• a second locator member comprising a second vertically extending tongue means releasably positionable in any desired one of said second grooves corresponding to the first groove in which the first locator member is positioned and defining a fourth plurality of horizontally substantially equally spaced apart inwardly opening vertically extending grooves, said fourth grooves being spaced from each other substantially the same distance as said third grooves, said third and fourth plurality of grooves being mirror images of each other relative to said plane when the locator members are positioned in corresponding ones of the first and second grooves;
• a circuit board divider releasably positionable in corresponding ones of the third and fourth grooves to extend between said first and second locator members, said divider having a plurality of horizontally spaced vertically extending grooves therein which cooperate with the grooves in the end walls to releasably hold a circuit board therebetween;
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• said first and second tongue means on the first and second locator members respectively being so fixedly oriented relative to said third and fourth plurality of grooves on the first and second locator members respectively that when the first and second means are inverted end to end as part of the first and second locator members respectively and repositioned in the same selected one of the first and second grooves respectively, the spacing of the divider from the end walls is varied.

A tote box for carrying different length circuit boards, said box comprising:

• two opposing side walls;
• two opposing end walls having inwardly opening vertically extending grooves therein;
• a bottom;
• means defining a first plurality of horizontally substantially equally spaced apart inwardly opening vertically extending grooves in one of said side walls;
• means defining a second plurality of horizontally substantially equally spaced apart inwardly opening vertically extending grooves in the other of said side walls, said first and second plurality of grooves being mirror images of each other relative to a vertical plane parallel to the side walls and positioned midway therebetween;
• a first locator member comprising:
• a planar body section having opposing faces, one of which is adapted to abut the interior side of one of the side walls;
• a pair of vertically extending first tongues projecting from the one face of the body section and releasably positionable in any next adjacent pair of the first grooves;
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• a plurality of vertically and inwardly extending substantially equally horizontally spaced apart second tongues projecting from the other face of the body section, said second tongues defining a third plurality of horizontally substantially equally spaced apart inwardly opening vertically extending grooves, said third grooves being more closely spaced apart than said first and second grooves;
• a second locator member comprising:
• a planar second body section having opposing faces, one of which is adapted to abut the interior side of the other of said side walls;
• a pair of vertically extending third tongues projecting from the one face of the second body section and releasably positionable in any next adjacent pair of the second grooves corresponding to the first grooves in which the first tongues are positioned;
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• a plurality of vertically and inwardly extending substantially equally and horizontally spaced apart fourth tongues projecting from the other face of the second body section, said fourth tongues defining a fourth plurality of horizontally substantially equally spaced apart inwardly opening vertically extending grooves, said fourth grooves being spaced from each other substantially the same distance as said third grooves, said third and fourth plurality of grooves being mirror images of each other relative to said plane when the locator members are positioned in corresponding ones of the first and second grooves;
• a circuit board divider releasably positionable in corresponding ones of the third and fourth grooves to extend between said first and second locator members, said divider having a plurality of horizontally spaced vertically extending grooves therein which cooperate with the grooves in the end walls to releasably hold a circuit board therebetween;
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• said pair of first tongues and said pair of second tongues on the first and second locator members respectively being so fixedly oriented relative to said third and fourth plurality of grooves on the first and second locator members respectively that when the pair of first tongues and the pair of second tongues are inverted end to end as part of the first and second locator members respectively and repositioned in the same selected next adjacent pair of the first and second grooves respectively, the spacing of the divider from the end walls is varied.

A tote box for carrying different length circuit boards, said box comprising:

• two opposing side walls;
• two opposing end walls having inwardly opening vertically extending grooves therein;
• a bottom;
• means defining a first plurality of horizontally substantially equally spaced apart inwardly opening vertically extending grooves in one of said side walls;
• means defining a second plurality of horizontally substantially equally spaced apart inwardly opening vertically extending grooves in the other of said side walls, said first and second plurality of grooves being mirror images of each other relative to a vertical plane parallel to the side walls and positioned midway therebetween;
• a first locator member comprising:
• a planar body section having opposing faces, one of which is adapted to abut the interior side of one of the side walls;
• a pair of vertically extending first tongues projecting from the one face of the body section and releasably positionable in any next adjacent pair of the first grooves;
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• a plurality of vertically and inwardly extending substantially equally horizontally spaced apart second tongues projecting from the other face of the body section, said second tongues defining a third plurality of horizontally substantially equally spaced apart inwardly opening vertically extending grooves, said third grooves being more closely spaced apart than said first and second grooves;
• a second locator member comprising:
• a planar second body section having opposing faces, one of which is adapted to abut the interior side of the other of said side walls;
• a pair of vertically extending third tongues projecting from the one face of the second body section and releasably positionable in any next adjacent pair of the second grooves corresponding to the first grooves in which the first tongues are positioned;
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• a plurality of vertically and inwardly extending substantially equally and horizontally spaced apart fourth tongues projecting from the other face of the second body section, said fourth tongues defining a fourth plurality of horizontally substantially equally spaced apart inwardly opening vertically extending grooves, said fourth grooves being spaced from each other substantially the same distance as said third grooves, said third and fourth plurality of grooves being mirror images of each other relative to said plane when the locator members are positioned in corresponding ones of the first and second grooves;
• a circuit board divider releasably positionable in corresponding ones of the third and fourth grooves to extend between said first and second locator members, said divider having a plurality of horizontally spaced vertically extending grooves therein which cooperate with the grooves in the end walls to releasably hold a circuit board therebetween;
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• said third and fourth plurality of grooves are each substantially symmetrically disposed relative to a substantially central vertical plane perpendicular to the respective planar body section, and the pair of first tongues and the pair of second tongues on the first and second locator members respectively are asymmetrically disposed relative to the central plane and are so fixedly oriented relative to said third and fourth plurality of grooves on the first and second locator members respectively that when the pair of first tongues and the pair of second tongues are inverted end to end as part of the first and second locator members respectively and repositioned in the same selected next adjacent pair of the first and second grooves respectively, the spacing of the divider from the end walls is varied.