Patent · US Expired

Portable tool box

US4550828A · kind A · utility

67Cited by
5References
9Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 22, 1985
Grant dateNov 5, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 22, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25H3/02
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A portable tool box having an open-top, box-like housing containing removable slats with apertures for holding tools in an upright position and a drawer slidably engaged within a drawer aperture in one wall of the housing. The drawer outer wall has an outwardly projecting shelf and a lip extending above the shelf. A cover disposed over the housing has an endwall which covers the lip for retaining the drawer in the housing. Preferably, the shelf extends around the perimeter of the housing for supporting bottom edge of one or more of the walls of the cover. The tool box cover is sturdy enough to be used as a stool.

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