Patent · US Expired

Tool and accessory container with inner grid system

US7246704B2 · kind B2 · utility

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42Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 4, 2004
Grant dateJul 24, 2007
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25H3/023
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tool container includes first and second container members rotatably connected to create an inner compartment. Each member has a compartment outer wall and integrally formed perimeter walls. A grid system is created on an inner compartment facing surface adjacent at least one of the compartment outer walls. The grid system includes female receptacles arranged in each of a plurality of rows and columns. Tool packages having at least one male peg member are releasably engaged within selected receptacles providing multiple locations and orientations about the grid system for the tool packages.

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