US 4,303,158 AGranted

Tool box

OwnerDonald R. Perkinsinventor

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Abstract

A tool box for small hand tools and associated items which opens up from the front as well as the top and which is provided with supporting elements for holding certain tools contained therein in an upright position. The tool box includes a bottom wall, a back wall, a pair of opposed side walls, a top cover which is hingedly connected at its back edge to the back wall and which is provided with a built-in storage compartment and a front cover which is hingedly connected at its bottom edge to a front plate and which includes a strip magnet on its inside surface on which can be mounted metal tools. A shelf having a plurality of holes into which can be inserted tools and suspended therein in an upright position is mounted inside the tool box near the top and a removable tray having adjustable compartments is seated on a shelf inside the tool box near the bottom. A pull-out drawer having adjustable compartments is located underneath the tray. The tool box lends iself to an orderly arrangement of the tools and items being stored. In addition when the covers are opened, all of the tools suspended on the shelf near the top and mounted on the strip magnet are clearly visible and easily accessible.

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Dependent claims

A tool box for screwdrivers, wrenches other small hand tools and other associated articles comprising a box-like structure having:

a. a bottom wall,
b. a back wall,
c. a pair of opposed trapezoidally shaped side walls,
d. a top cover hingedly connected at its back edge for swinging movement from an open position to a closed position, said top cover including a storage compartment having a cover hingedly connected to said top cover for holding small articles and a carrying handle,
e. a front wall,
f. a front cover located above the front wall hingedly connected at its bottom edge to the top of the front wall for swinging movement from an open position to a closed position,
g. latch means for securing the top cover to the front cover,
h. a lower shelf for supporting a tray,
i. an upper shelf having a plurality of openings into which can be inserted screwdrivers or similar tools and maintained therein in an upright position,
j. a pair of friction lid hinges connected between said front cover and said side walls for limiting movement of said front cover,
k. a removable tray adapted to be mounted on said lower shelf and having compartments adjustable in size,
l. a pull-out drawer having adjustable compartments located underneath the lower shelf and removable from the front of the tool box, and
m. magnetic means on the inside of said front cover for supporting tools and the like in an upright position.

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