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US 9,173,475 B2Granted
Tool holder with guide plate for mounting tools having spring clips
OwnerPeter Blechmaninventor
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Abstract
Tool holder devices are provided, which are designed to hold tools having spring clip mechanisms. In one aspect, a tool holder device comprises a guiding portion and a mounting portion. The mounting portion is adapted to engage a spring clip of a tool for mounting the tool. The guiding portion is adapted to guide a spring clip towards the mounting portion as a person slides the tool from the guiding portion to the mounting portion while maintaining contact between the spring clip and the guiding portion.
Claims15
A tool holder device, comprising:
- a planar base plate having first and second opposing surfaces, the base plate comprising tapered side edges with a sidewall that extends along each tapered edge of the planar base plate, and wherein the sidewalls extend substantially perpendicular from the first surface of the planar base plate;
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- a mounting plate for insertably receiving a spring clip mounted on a tool, the mounting plate being disposed at an end portion of the base plate where the tapered edges converge, wherein the sidewalls are configured to slideably engage and guide the spring clip of the tool in a direction towards the mounting plate as a user slides the tool along the tool holder device towards the mounting plate to spring clip mount the tool to the tool holder device,
- wherein the mounting plate is disposed parallel with the planar base plate, wherein the planar mounting plate is offset from the first surface of the planar base plate by an offset distance to insertably receive a spring clip therebetween, and
- wherein the mounting plate comprises a lipped portion formed on an inner surface of the mounting plate facing the first surface of the base plate, to thereby cause the spring clip of the tool to resiliently deflect when engaging with the mounting plate.
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A tool holder device, comprising:
- a planar base plate having first and second opposing surfaces, the base plate comprising tapered side edges with a sidewall that extends along each tapered edge of the planar base plate, and wherein the sidewalls extend substantially perpendicular from the first surface of the planar base plate;
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- a mounting plate for insertably receiving a spring clip mounted on a tool, the mounting plate being disposed at an end portion of the base plate where the tapered edges converge,
- wherein a first portion of each sidewall has a sloping upper surface that extends at an angle from the first surface of the planar base plate toward the mounting plate, and wherein a second portion of each sidewall has a non-sloping upper surface that is substantially parallel to the first surface of planar base plate and offset at a height h from the first surface of the planar base plate, and
- wherein the mounting plate is disposed between opposing second portions of the sidewalls.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.