Tool box having a locking mechanism
OwnerYi-Min Leeinventor
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Abstract
A tool box includes a first casing, a second casing, and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes a locking unit, and a snapping unit. The locking unit includes a locking block. The snapping unit includes a seat, a pivot member, a snapping member, and two torsion springs. Thus, the locking mechanism is operated to open the tool box automatically, so that a user can open the tool box easily and conveniently, thereby facilitating the user operating the locking mechanism to open the tool box.
Claims13
A tool box, comprising a first casing, a second casing pivotally mounted on the first casing, and a locking mechanism mounted between the first casing and the second casing to combine the first casing and the second casing, wherein:
- the locking mechanism includes a locking unit mounted on the second casing, and a snapping unit mounted on the first casing and detachably locked on the locking unit;
- the locking unit of the locking mechanism includes a locking block mounted on a periphery of the second casing;
- the snapping unit of the locking mechanism includes a seat mounted on a periphery of the first casing, a pivot member pivotally mounted on the seat, a snapping member having a first portion pivotally mounted on the pivot member and a second portion that is movable to lock the locking block of the locking unit, and two torsion springs each secured on the seat and each formed with two opposite urging bars urged on the snapping member;
- the seat of the snapping unit has two ends each formed with two downward extended cutouts, and each of the two torsion springs of the snapping unit is formed with a downward extended limit portion secured in a respective one of the two cutouts of the seat.
A tool box, comprising a first casing, a second casing pivotally mounted on the first casing, and a locking mechanism mounted between the first casing and the second casing to combine the first casing and the second casing, wherein:
- the locking mechanism includes a locking unit mounted on the second casing, and a snapping unit mounted on the first casing and detachably locked on the locking unit;
- the locking unit of the locking mechanism includes a locking block mounted on a periphery of the second casing;
- the snapping unit of the locking mechanism includes a seat mounted on a periphery of the first casing, a pivot member pivotally mounted on the seat, a snapping member having a first portion pivotally mounted on the pivot member and a second portion that is movable to lock the locking block of the locking unit, and two torsion springs each secured on the seat and each formed with two opposite urging bars urged on the snapping member;
- the seat of the snapping unit has a side formed with a pivot hole, the pivot member of the snapping unit has two opposite sides each having an end formed with a pivot hole, and the snapping unit of the locking mechanism further includes a pivot shaft extended through the pivot hole of each of the two opposite sides of the pivot member, the two torsion springs and the pivot hole of the seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.