Patent · US Expired

Tool carrying system including a housing mounted on a truck and individual tool carriers positionable therein

US5419470A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 24, 1994
Grant dateMay 30, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 24, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R11/06
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tool carrying system including a housing mounted on a truck and individual tool carriers positionable therein comprising a rectangular housing having a parallel floor and roof, parallel sides, a parallel front wall and a door pivotally mounted at its lower edge to the lower rear edge of the floor, the door being of a height essentially equal to the height of the side walls of the housing for closing the rear open end of the housing and positionable in a open orientation to form an angled ramp for the sliding of the tool carriers to exterior of the housing; a plurality of tool carriers, each of the tool carriers being provided with a floor, and with upstanding side, front and rear walls coupled at their lower edge to the side, front and rear edges of the floor, and a handle having front and rear ends secured to the upper end of the front and rear walls with diagonal braces coupling an intermediate portion of the inner surface of each of the front and rear walls to the side walls; and the tool carriers each having on its lower surface a plurality of wheels, a wheel located in each corner.

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