Hand tool organizer
OwnerNorman E. Clifton, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
The organizer includes a molded holster for a hand tool having a piston grip, the holster having a supporting strap for suspending the holster from the waist belt of the wearer at a selected distance below the waist belt. The organizer also has a leg encircling strap to hold the holster snugly against the leg, and having optional attachments for holding a chuck key, a plurality of tool bits, a tool or nail bag, or several boxes of fasteners.
Claims20
In a hand-tool organizer comprising a one-piece molded holster, having an open top to receive a hand tool with a pistol grip handle, an elongated strap attached to said holster on the portion next to a wearer, said elongated strap having an upper- end and a lower end and being formed of two coextensive layers fastened by a pair of longitudinally spaced internally threaded inserts affixed to said portion of said holster aligned with at least two spaced grommets affixed to said strap which is fastened to said holster by a pair of removable externally threaded fasteners passing through respective said grommets and threaded within respective said inserts, said strap having at least one additional spaced grommet identically spaced from either said two spaced grommets whereby said one additional grommet and one of said two grommets may be selected for attachment to said holster so that the position of said holster may be adjusted along the length of said strap, said upper end of said strap extending above said holster with said two layers being releasably fastened together by a fastener to form a belt loop from which said holster is supported, said lower end of said elongated strap having a tunnel loop therein to receive an adjustable lateral strap having a releasable fastener for encircling said lateral strap around a leg of a wearer.
In a hand-tool organizer comprising a one-piece thermoplastic sheet molded holster, having an open top to receive a hand tool with a pistol grip handle, an elongated strap attached to said holster on a portion of said holster next to a wearer, said elongated strap having an upper end and a lower end, a pair of longitudinally spaced internally threaded inserts affixed t said portion of said holster said strap having a plurality of spaced openings with the spacing between adjacent openings conforming to the spacing between said threaded inserts, a pair of removable externally threaded fasteners passing through selected spaced openings and threaded within respective said inserts so that the position of said holster may be adjusted along the length of said strap, said upper end of said strap extending above said holster, said strap at its upper end being bifurcated so as to form a belt loop, releasable fastener means connected at said upper end to permit ready attachment of said strap to a belt of a wearer from which said holster is supported.
In a tool organizer comprising a molded holster for a hand tool with a pistol grip handle and adapted to be suspended from a wearer's waist belt, said holster having with respect to a wearer, a front, back, an open top, an open bottom, an inside wall adjacent to a wearer, and an outside wall facing away from a wearer, an elongated vertical strap of two layers and having an upper end extending above said open bottom, a plurality of grommets spaced apart vertically along said strap intermediate of said ends, a pair of spaced internally threaded inserts being fastened to said holster inside wall, a pair of releasable fasteners applied through two of said grommets and threaded respectively into said threaded inserts, said holster being attachable at different locations along said strap by said releasable fasteners extending through another pair of said grommets one of which being one of said two grommets, releasable means at said upper end for separating said two layers to selectively fasten said two layers together to form a tunnel loop for engagement with a waist belt, and a tunnel loop at said lower end of said strap to receive therethrough a lateral adjustable length belt having a releasable fastener thereon to form a leg encircling belt.
In a tool organizer comprising a holster for a hand tool with a pistol grip handle and adapted to be suspended from a wearer's waist belt, said holster being formed from a heat moldable thermoplastic sheet material having an inside cavity conforming generally to an outer contour of a hand tool to be carried by said holster, said holster having with respect to a wearer a front, back, an open top, an open bottom, an inside wall adjacent to a wearer, and an outside wall facing away from a wearer, an elongated vertical strap of two layers and having an upper end extending above said open bottom, a plurality of openings spaced apart vertically along said strap intermediate of said ends, a pair of spaced internally threaded inserts being fastened to said holster inside wall, a pair of releasable fasteners applied through two of said openings and threaded respectively into said threaded inserts, said holster being attachable at different locations along said strap by said releasable fasteners extending through another pair of said openings one of which being one of said two openings, releasable means at said upper end for separating said two layers to selectively fasten said two layers together to form a tunnel loop for engagement with a waist belt.
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