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US 6,761,366 B1Granted
Mobile tool carrier
AssigneeWaterloo Industries, Inc.
InventorsRamon L. Klemmensen, Michael E. Hay, Fred P. Ritchie, Steven F. Kohagen
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Abstract
A portable tool container comprises a molded tub and removable cover with wheels attached to one side of the container on opposite sides of a telescoping handle in a housing that is integrally molded into the container.
Claims13
A portable tool container comprising, in combination:
- a molded, generally paralllepiped tab container including a bottom side, a front side, a back side, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, and an open top;
- a telescoping handle mounted on the back side intermediate the first and second lateral sides, said back side including an integrally molded vertical passage on the back side with an open top side, said handle comprising first and second telescoping members slidably mounted in the vertical position;
- said first telescoping member including a cross bar for manual gripping and said second telescoping member comprising a tubular housing for the first telescoping member, the tubular housing including a first projecting stop member projecting outwardly from the housing adjacent the bottom end of the housing and a second stop member projecting outwardly from the housing vertically above the first stop member and spaced from the first stop member to define a distance of telescoping travel of the tubular housing in the passage, said passage including first and second projecting engagement tabs for engagement with the first and second stop members respectively, said first and second engagement tabs spaced a distance equal to the distance of telescoping travel;
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- at least one wheel supporting the container adjacent one side of the handle vertical passage.
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A portable tool container comprising:
- a container tub having a generally vertical side wall;
- a transport wheel attached to the tub for rolling support of the tub;
- a telescoping handle attached to the side wall, said side wall including an integrally molded through passage for the handle;
- said handle including first and second telescoping members, said second member comprising a housing for the first member, said second member slidably mounted in the through passage, said first member slidably mounted in the second member, said second member and said passage each including projecting stop members which limit the telescopic movement of the second member in the passage, said second member further including a first ledge and a second spaced ledge;
- said first member including a first biased stop member for engaging either said first ledge or second ledge of the second member to thereby prevent telescoping movement of the first member in one direction in the housing and said first member further including a projection stop member for engaging the housing for limiting telescopic extension of the first member from the housing, said biased stop member manually engageable and releasable from one of said ledges;
- wherein the second member includes a second biased stop member and said side wall includes a pocket for receipt of said second stop member to limit retraction of the second member in the passage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.