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US 8,127,945 B2Granted
Vertical tool storage device
AssigneeSteelworks Hardware, LLC
InventorsChanwa Nguy, Pei-Ying Lin
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Abstract
Disclosed is a vertical tool rack storage device which includes a hollow upright pivot shaft, a plurality of flat tool racks for holding tool bits and parts, and a plurality of connectors for pivotally coupling the flat tool racks to the hollow upright pivot shaft for enabling the tool racks to be arranged in a stack and individually turnable about the hollow upright pivot shaft.
Claims6
A vertical tool rack storage device comprising:
- (a) two flat independent tool racks for holding tool bits;
- (b) a coupling structure for securing said two flat independent tool racks for allowing said two flat independent tool racks to be positioned relative to each other between an open position and a closed position;
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- (c) a locking structure for locking said two flat independent tool racks in said closed position,
- wherein the two flat independent tool racks are separable from and joinable to one another and, when joined to one another, are positionable relative to each other between the open position and the closed position, and wherein said coupling structure comprises a first recessed portion and a second recessed portion respectively, provided at the border of one side of each said flat independent tool rack, a retaining block disposed in said first recessed portion, and a swinging retaining ring extending from said second recessed portion in such a manner that the swinging retaining ring at one said flat independent tool rack can be connected on the retaining block in the first recessed portion at the other flat independent tool rack.
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A vertical tool rack storage device, comprising:
- (a) two flat independent tool racks for holding tool bits;
- (b) a coupling structure for securing said two flat independent tool racks for allowing said two flat independent tool racks to be positioned relative to each other between an open position and a closed position;
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- (c) a locking structure for locking said two flat independent tool racks in said closed position,
- wherein the two flat independent tool racks are separable from and joinable to one another and, when joined to one another, are positionable relative to each other between the open position and the closed position, and wherein each said flat independent tool rack has a recessed area in a bottom wall thereof, a plurality of protruding portions spaced from one another in said recessed area, and a plurality of finger grooves formed in said recessed area and separated from one another by said protruding portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.