Tool box having pivotal inner frames
OwnerChang-Ying Cheninventor
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Abstract
A tool box includes a base and a cover is pivotally connected to the base by extending two shafts through two sides of the base and two lugs of the cover. An inner frame has two sidewalls and a rack is connected between the two sidewalls. A plurality of recesses are defined in the rack for receiving tools therein. A slot is defined through each of the sidewalls and two operation members are connected between the two sidewalls and the two lugs. The two shafts extend through the two operation members and two respective ends of the two sidewalls. Each of the operation members has a protrusion which is engaged with the slot corresponding thereto so that when the cover is opened to a certain degree, the rack is pivoted upward.
Claims5
A tool box comprising:
- a base;
- a cover pivotally connected to said base and having two lugs extending therefrom, two shafts extending through two sides of said base and said two lugs, and
- an inner frame having two sidewalls and a first rack connected between said two sidewalls, a plurality of recesses defined therein, a slot defined through each of said sidewalls and two operation members connected between said two sidewalls and said two lugs, said two shafts further extending through said two operation members and two respective ends of said two sidewalls, each of said operation members having a protrusion which is engaged with said slot corresponding thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.