Tool housing case and subcase
AssigneeMakita Corporation
InventorsTooru Horiyama, Naoto Akiyama, Yukiyasu Okouchi, Shinya Bito, Kiyozumi Kokawa
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Abstract
A tool housing case includes a main body case, for holding a power tool, for example, and an accessory case, for holding a power tool accessory, for example, which accessory case is connectable to the main body case on a handle side of the main body case near a main body case handle. The accessory case has an opening that can be selectively closed by a cover element. A space is provided between the handle and the accessory case for receiving a user's hand when the handle is gripped, and when a user's hand is not gripping the handle, this space allows access to the accessory case.
Claims16
A tool housing case comprising:
- a main body case comprising a tool housing main body configured to hold a tool and a cover for opening and closing the tool housing main body;
- and
- a subcase connectable to the main body case at a side of the main body case, wherein
- the main body case comprises a handle configured to be gripped by a hand;
- the subcase comprises an accessory holding body configured to hold an accessory and an accessory opening and closing part for opening and closing an opening in the accessory holding body;
- and
- the side is a same side of the main body case as a side of the main body case to which the handle is attached.
A tool housing case comprising:
- a main body case comprising a top, a bottom, a front, a rear, a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the main body case comprising a tool housing main body configured to hold a tool and a cover for opening and closing the tool housing main body,
- a hinge at the main body case rear connecting the cover to the tool housing main body;
- a subcase removably connectable to the main body case front, the subcase comprising an accessory holding body configured to hold an accessory and an accessory opening and closing part for opening and closing an opening in the accessory holding body;
- and
- a handle configured to be gripped by a hand,
- wherein the front includes an indentation,
- the subcase is mounted in the indentation, and
- the handle is attached to the front of the main body case at a first attachment location on a first side of the indentation and at a second attachment location on a second side of the indentation.
A subcase configured to be connectible to an installation part of a tool housing case, wherein:
- the subcase includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side and the second side being configured to be slidable along the installation part;
- the first side includes a first stopper;
- the second side includes a second stopper;
- and
- the first stopper and the second stopper are configured to engage a stopper part of the installation part,
- wherein the installation part comprises a ridge and the first side comprises a groove slidably receivable on the ridge.
A tool housing case comprising:
- a main body case comprising a top, a bottom, a front, a rear, a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the main body case comprising a tool housing main body configured to hold a tool and a cover for opening and closing the tool housing main body,
- a hinge at the main body case rear connecting the cover to the tool housing main body;
- a subcase removably connectable to the main body case front, the subcase comprising an accessory holding body configured to hold an accessory and an accessory opening and closing part for opening and closing an opening in the accessory holding body;
- and
- a handle configured to be gripped by a hand,
- wherein the front includes an indentation,
- the subcase is mounted in the indentation, and
- the indentation comprises a first indentation portion in the cover and a second indentation portion in the tool housing main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.