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US 8,408,388 B1Granted
Locking structure for a tool box
AssigneeInfar Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorAnder Chen
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Abstract
A locking structure for the box body is provided with a box body, a handle, and a cover. The handle is a rotatable structure which can support the box body to make the box body stand in an inclined manner, so as to allow the user to have a full clear view of the hand tools inside the tool box. On top of that, the tool box offers an antitheft feature, when the tool box is closed, the cover cannot be opened and removed from the box body unless the locking ends of the retainers are destroyed. Therefore, the hand tools cannot be taken out of the tool box without permission.
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A locking structure for a tool box, comprising:
- a box body with a top surface and two lateral surfaces at two sides of the top surface, on the top surface being provided two opposed lines of positioning hooks, at one end of the box body being formed an engaging groove, and at another end of the box body being formed two round pivoting holes which are located at the two lateral surfaces;
- a handle with two assembling rods and a connecting portion connected to one end of each of the assembling rods, in the middle of each of the assembling rods being formed a rotating hole, and at another end of each of the assembling rods being formed a connecting pivot which is pivotally inserted in the pivoting holes of the box body, so that the handle is pivotally coupled to the box body;
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- a cover with an engaging end and a pivoting end, at each of two sides of the pivoting end being formed a rotating pivot, between the engaging end and the pivoting end being disposed a plate, the cover being pivoted to the handle by inserting the rotating pivots in the rotating holes of the handle.
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A locking structure for a tool box, comprising:
- a box body with a top surface and two lateral surfaces at two sides of the top surface, on the top surface being provided two opposed lines of positioning hooks, at each of top and lower edges of the top surface of the box body being formed a positioning hole, at one end of the box body being formed an engaging groove, and at another end of the box body being formed two round pivoting holes which are located at the two lateral surfaces, an engaging portion and a positioning block being formed around each of the pivoting holes of the box body;
- a handle with two assembling rods and a connecting portion connected to one end of each of the assembling rods, in the middle of each of the assembling rods being formed a rotating hole, at another end of each of the assembling rods being formed a connecting pivot which is pivotally inserted in the pivoting holes of the box body, so that the handle is pivotally coupled to the box body, beside each of the connecting pivots being formed a locking groove and a stop cavity at the end of the locking groove, the engaging portions of the box body being restricted in the stop cavities, and an inferior angle being defined between the handle and the box body;
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- a cover with an engaging end and a pivoting end, between the engaging end and the pivoting end being disposed a plate, the cover being provided with two positioning retainers to be engaged with the positioning holes of the box body, the cover being pivoted to the handle via the pivoting end.
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A locking structure for a tool box, comprising:
- a box body with a top surface and two lateral surfaces at two sides of the top surface, on the top surface being provided two opposed lines of positioning hooks, at each of top and lower edges of the top surface of the box body being formed a positioning hole, at one end of the box body being formed an engaging groove;
- a handle with two assembling rods and a connecting portion connected to one end of each of the assembling rods, another end of each of the assembling rods being pivotally coupled to the box body;
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- a cover with an engaging end and a pivoting end, at a terminal edge of the engaging end being formed an engaging rib, the pivoting end being pivoted to the assembling rods of the handle, between the engaging end and the pivoting end being disposed a plate, the cover being provided with two positioning retainers to be engaged with the positioning holes of the box body, each of the positioning retainers being provided with a locking end, the cover being pivoted to the handle via the pivoting end, the engaging rib being engaged in the engaging groove of the box body, the locking ends being locked in the positioning holes, and when the locking ends are damaged or destroyed, the positioning retainers will be disengaged from the positioning holes of the box body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.