Tool storage devices

US10350746B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation · US

Inventors

• Mark R. Martinez · Atwater, US
• Joel Allen · Winton, US
• Brandon Miller · Oxford, US
• Whitney M. Moks · Franklin, US
• Christopher S. Hoppe · Milwaukee, US
• Steven W. Hyma · Milwaukee, US
• Michael S. Steele · Waukesha, US
• Steven G. Melnyk · Racine, US
• Wade F. Burch · Wauwatosa, US
• Matthew W. Naiva · Wauwatosa, US
• Eric Mackey · Milwaukee, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 2017
• Grant date: Jul 16, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 9, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S312/902
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A tool storage device and a tool box. The device may include flexible walls cooperating to define a storage area, and a rigid frame supported in the storage area and including a central portion extending in a direction from a bottom wall toward a top wall, one base portion extending from one side of the central portion, along the bottom wall and toward one side wall, and another base portion extending from an opposite side of the central portion, along the bottom wall and toward an opposite side wall. The tool box may include a body defining a storage compartment; a lid defining a groove in its outer surface to support an elongated work piece; and a handle engageable with a work piece supported in the groove. The lid may be attachable to the top of the body in a closed position and to the bottom in a stowed position.