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US 5,011,013 AGranted
Portable storage container
AssigneeWaterloo Industries, Inc.
InventorsEdward Meisner, Michael P. Ballone, Young Park
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Abstract
There is disclosed a portable storage apparatus comprising a container, a cover which is removably mountable on the container and which has a work surface thereon, and a hand-holdable tray assembly insertable into the container in nesting relationship which includes a tray having a centrally located upwardly extending handle which can be used to lift all of the trays out of the container.
Claims24
A portable storage apparatus comprising:
- (a) a container;
- (b) a cover removably mountable on the container and comprising a work surface thereon, a centrally disposed opening and a recess about the opening of sufficient size to enable entry of a hand;
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- (c) a hand-holdable tray assembly removably insertable into the container in a nesting relationship thereiwth and comprising a first tray having a centrally positioned handle extending upwardly into the recess of the cover but not above the work surface, said handle adapted to be gripped by the user by placing the hand within the recess.
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A portable storage apparatus for tools and the like comprising:
- a contaner having at least one continuous side, a bottom and an opening defining a storage area, a rim which extends outward around at least a portion of the opening having an upwardly extending projection thereon;
- a first tray adapted to nest within the container and having a rim which extends outwardly around at least a portion of said first tray, said rim having an upwardly extending projection thereon and a channel in the bottom of the rim adapted to engage the upwardly extending projection on the rim of the container, and a handle which extends upwardly from the middle of said first tray, said handle means not exceeding the height of a cover;
- a cover having a channel around at least a portion of the underside of the perimeter thereof adapted to engage the upwardly extending projection on the rim of the first tray means, an opening in the middle of said cover to allow access to the handle of the first tray and a work surface comprising a non-skid surface;
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- a latch, comprising opposed eccentric cams attached to the container and adapted to engage the cover, wherein when the cams are rotated to a closed position the cams engage the cover means and thereby secure the apparatus in a closed configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.