Belt mounted tool hanger
OwnerGary A. Johnsinventor
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Abstract
The belt mounted tool hanger comprises a base member having a slot therein through and within which a portion of a workman's belt can be engaged and a hook which extends from a end edge of the base member, across same, and to a level above the height to which the base member extends.
Claims6
A method for mounting tools to a belt engaged about a torso of a workman, the method incorporating use of a belt mounted tool hanger comprising an integral two section unit, one section of which comprises a base member which is narrow and high and has a slot extending therethrough and another section of which comprises a hook which extends from and rises from a surface of the base member which is coplanar with a plane of said slot, the hook extending across the entire height of the base member and terminating in a rounded tip which extends outwardly of the hook, away from the base member, the method comprising the steps of:
- slidingly engaging the tool hanger onto the belt along the length thereof, the belt being received within the slot in the tool hanger base member;
- fixing the belt about the torso of the workman;
- positioning the tool hanger along a length of the belt at a point which is easily accessible;
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- hanging a tool from the tool hanger by engaging the tool over the hook of the tool hanger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.