BELT MOUNTED TOOL HOLDER
A belt mounted sleever bar holder includes a belt receiving member of flexible material formed into a belt receiving loop and designed to receive a belt therethrough so as to securely hold the belt receiving member on a belt. A metal mounting plate is fixedly attached to an outer surface of the belt receiving member and an L-shaped metal sleever bar receiving member with a substantially vertically oriented arm and a substantially horizontally oriented arm is pivotally attached parallel with an outer surface of the mounting plate for limited rotary movements of the vertical arm relative to the mounting plate. The horizontally oriented arm includes a sleever bar receiving opening therethrough.
This invention generally relates to a belt mounted tool holder and more specifically to a sleever bar holder.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONBelt mounted tool holders are used by workers in many industries to conveniently and quickly hold various tools in a ready state. Generally, the tool holders temporarily hold designated tools out of the way of work or movement but in a position to be quickly retrieved to perform tasks for which the tools are carried. In many instances, prior art tool holders don't distribute the weight or allow movement of the held tool so that the worker can move easily and so that other tools can be conveniently carried.
In a typical example, union iron workers use sleever bars as a standard tool of choice. Sleever bars shapes including hexagonal and round cross-sections. Also, the sleever bars are made by the industry in different lengths. Thus, any sleever bar holder must account for the different shaped cross-sections as well as the different lengths. The utility and design of current bar holders are lacking in that there are many in the field that are custom made that do not stand up to the test, or requirements, in the field.
It would be highly advantageous, therefore, to remedy the foregoing and other deficiencies inherent in the prior art.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved belt mounted tool holder.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved belt mounted tool holder that is designed to receive and hold a variety of tools with different lengths and cross-sections.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved belt mounted tool holder designed to receive and hold a variety of sleever bars therein.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved belt mounted tool holder designed to allow swiveling movement of a tool held therein to enable easy access and pulling rather than lifting movements during extraction of the tool.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe above objects and others are realized in a belt mounted tool holder including a belt receiving member formed with an opening designed to receive a belt therethrough so as to securely hold the belt receiving member on a belt. A mounting plate is fixedly attached to an outer surface of the belt receiving member. An L-shaped tool receiving member, having a first arm and a substantially perpendicularly oriented second arm, is pivotally attached parallel with an outer surface of the mounting plate for limited rotary movements of the first arm relative to the mounting plate. The second arm includes a tool receiving opening therethrough.
The foregoing and further and more specific objects and advantages of the instant invention will become readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof taken in conjunction with the drawings in which:
Turning to the drawings in which like characters indicate like parts throughout,
Tool holder 10 further includes a mounting plate 14, which in this preferred embodiment is constructed of some very strong material, such as steel, etc. Mounting plate 14 is fixedly attached to an outer surface of receiving member 12 by some convenient means, such as the four affixing members 16 engaged through mounting plate 14 and at least one side of receiving member 12. In this preferred embodiment, affixing members 16 can be rivets, bolts, screws, etc. and the top two (in
Tool holder 10 further includes an L-shaped tool receiving member 20 having a substantially vertically oriented arm 22 and a substantially horizontally oriented arm 24 (in
Horizontally oriented arm 24 of tool receiving member 20 has an opening 34 formed therethrough for receiving the shaft of a tool therein. Opening 34 is illustrated in
Thus, a new and improved belt mounted tool holder has been disclosed that is designed to receive and hold a variety of tools with different lengths and cross-sections. Specifically, the new and improved belt mounted tool holder is designed to receive and hold a variety of sleever bars therein. Further, the new and improved belt mounted tool holder is designed to allow swiveling movement of a tool held therein to enable easy access and pulling rather than lifting movements during extraction of the tool.
Various changes and modifications to the embodiment herein chosen for purposes of illustration will readily occur to those skilled in the art. To the extent that such modifications and variations do not depart from the spirit of the invention, they are intended to be included within the scope thereof which is assessed only by a fair interpretation of the following claims.
Claims
1-10. (canceled)
11. A belt mounted sleever bar holder comprising:
- a belt receiving member formed with an opening designed to receive a belt therethrough so as to securely hold the belt receiving member on a belt;
- a mounting plate having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a central aperture, the mounting plate fixedly attached to an outer surface of the belt receiving member with the inner surface of the mounting plate adjacent the belt receiving member;
- a sleever bar receiving member being L-shaped and having a first arm and a substantially perpendicularly oriented second arm rigidly fixed with respect to the first arm;
- a pivot pin extending through the aperture in the mounting plate, the pivot pin being fixedly attached to a first washer positioned adjacent the inner surface of the mounting plate and to a second washer adjacent the outside surface of the mounting plate and to the first arm of the sleever bar receiving member;
- the first arm being pivotally attached parallel with an outer surface of the mounting plate for 360 degree rotary movement of the first arm relative to the mounting plate, and the second arm including a sleever bar receiving opening therethrough.
12. A belt mounted sleever bar holder comprising:
- a sleever bar having a first end and a second end;
- a belt receiving member formed with an opening designed to receive a belt therethrough so as to securely hold the belt receiving member on a belt;
- a mounting plate having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a central aperture, the mounting plate fixedly attached to an outer surface of the belt receiving member with the inner surface of the mounting plate adjacent the belt receiving member;
- a sleever bar receiving member being L-shaped and having a first arm and a substantially perpendicularly oriented second arm rigidly fixed with respect to the first arm;
- a pivot pin extending through the aperture in the mounting plate, the pivot pin being fixedly attached to a first washer positioned adjacent the inner surface of the mounting plate and to a second washer adjacent the outside surface of the mounting plate and to the first arm of the sleever bar receiving member; and
- the first arm being pivotally attached parallel with an outer surface of the mounting plate for 360 degree rotary movement of the first arm relative to the mounting plate, and the second arm including an opening with the sleever bar received therethrough.
13. A belt mounted sleever bar holder as claimed in claim 12 further comprising:
- a ring shaped stop member fixedly attaching to the sleever bar intermediate a first end and a second end; and
- the ring shaped stop member contacting the sleever bar receiving member retaining the sleever bar in the opening of the second arm.
Type: Application
Filed: Jul 1, 2013
Publication Date: Oct 31, 2013
Inventor: Tucson Allan Stewart (Laveen, AZ)
Application Number: 13/932,476
International Classification: A45F 5/02 (20060101);