Tool cabinet
OwnerChia-Ming Liuinventor
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Abstract
A tool cabinet includes a cabinet body, a hanging board having a plurality of hanging portions, two slide rail units, and at least one counterweight device. Each of the slide rail units is connected between the cabinet body and the hanging board and extends in an up-down direction, such that the hanging board is movable in the up-down direction relative to the cabinet body between a lifted position and a lowered position. The counterweight device includes a constant force spring having free and fixed ends that are respectively connected to the hanging board and the cabinet body, and providing a resilient force against the weight of the hanging board during movement between the lifted and lowered positions.
Claims7
A tool cabinet comprising:
- a cabinet body;
- a hanging board having
- a hanging surface, and
- a plurality of hanging portions disposed on said hanging surface;
- two slide rail units, each of which is connected between said cabinet body and said hanging board and extends in an up-down direction, such that said hanging board is movable in the up-down direction relative to said cabinet body between a lifted position, where a top end of said hanging board is distal from said cabinet body and where said hanging portions are exposed from said cabinet body, and a lowered position, where said top end of said hanging board is proximate to said cabinet body and where at least a part of said hanging portions
- is covered by said cabinet body;
- at least one counterweight device including a constant force spring that has
- a free end connected to said hanging board, and
- a fixed end opposite to said free end, and connected to said cabinet body, said constant force spring providing a resilient force against the weight of said hanging board during movement of said hanging board between the lifted position and the lowered position;
- wherein said tool cabinet further comprises a positioning device that is connected between said hanging board and said cabinet body, and that is operable for positioning said hanging board at the lifted position;
- wherein each of said slide rail units has a first slide rail and a second slide rail, said first slide rail being slidable relative to said second slide rail in the up-down direction;
- wherein said first slide rails of said slide rail units are disposed respectively on two lateral end portions of said hanging board;
- wherein said second slide rails of said slide rail units are disposed on said cabinet body, and correspond respectively in position to said first slide rails of said slide rail units;
- wherein said hanging board further has a back surface opposite to said hanging surface;
- wherein said cabinet body has a rear board portion, and two connecting frames disposed on said rear board portion;
- and
- wherein said first slide rails are respectively disposed on opposite lateral end portions of said back surface, and said second slide rails are respectively disposed on said connecting frames.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.