Patents Assigned to Waterloo Industries
  • Tool storage project center with power strip
    Patent number: 6976744
    Abstract: A combination storage cabinet and work bench comprises a rectangular parallelepiped sheet metal cabinet with multiple slidable drawers accessible from the front side of the cabinet, polymeric molded lateral side modules which serve as handles and which include storage shelves for power tools and accessories and a top cover for the cabinet which includes interchangeable multiple work surface elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Hay, Ramon L. Klemmensen, Fred P. Ritchie, Steven F. Kohagen
  • Tool storage project center with power strip
    Publication number: 20040160150
    Abstract: A combination storage cabinet and work bench comprises a rectangular parallelepiped sheet metal cabinet with multiple slidable drawers accessible from the front side of the cabinet, polymeric molded lateral side modules which serve as handles and which include storage shelves for power tools and accessories and a top cover for the cabinet which includes interchangeable multiple work surface elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Hay, Ramon L. Klemmensen, Fred P. Ritchie, Steven F. Kohagen
  • Mobile tool carrier
    Patent number: 6761366
    Abstract: A portable tool container comprises a molded tub and removable cover with wheels attached to one side of the container on opposite sides of a telescoping handle in a housing that is integrally molded into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries
    Inventors: Ramon L. Klemmensen, Michael E. Hay, Fred P. Ritchie, Steven F. Kohagen
  • Power tool platform
    Patent number: 6688350
    Abstract: A power tool workstation for mounting one of a series of different power tools includes a top plate with a flanged opening therein for receipt of an insert upon which any one of a number of power tools is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Thomas Heinlen, Robert John Mehmen, Troy Lynn Moller
  • Removable hanging bin system
    Publication number: 20040012312
    Abstract: A container bin construction comprises the combination of molded plastic bins fitted through frame openings in a molded plastic housing attached to the front side of a sheet metal drawer. The bins are configured to enable their partial removal and cantilevered support by the molded plastic frame or to permit complete removal of the bins through the frame opening. The construction enables manufacture of the drawer for a work chest comprised of the metal drawer in combination with plastic storage bins that are removable from or supported by the drawer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Hay, Ramon L. Klemmensen, Edwin Dams, Fred P. Ritchie, Richard K. Hoffman
  • Cabinet cover construction for formed sheet metal cabinets
    Patent number: 6659575
    Abstract: A cabinet cover construction for a formed sheet metal cabinet includes a front edge with two angled surfaces that are congruent with compatible angled surfaces of the top edge of the cabinet to ensure alignment of a closed cover on the cabinet and to prevent overbite of the cover upon closing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Thomas Hellman, Kevin Michael Kraus, Greg Jon Holcomb, Daniel Lee Jackson
  • CABINET COVER CONSTRUCTION FOR FORMED SHEET METAL CABIENTS
    Publication number: 20030193278
    Abstract: A cabinet cover construction for a formed sheet metal cabinet includes a front edge with two angled surfaces that are congruent with compatible angled surfaces of the top edge of the cabinet to ensure alignment of a closed cover on the cabinet and to prevent overbite of the cover upon closing thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Thomas Hellman, Kevin Michael Kraus, Greg Jon Holcomb, Daniel Lee Jackson
  • Power tool platform
    Publication number: 20030183303
    Abstract: A power tool workstation for mounting one of a series of different power tools includes a top plate with a flanged opening therein for receipt of an insert upon which any one of a number of power tools is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Thomas Heinlen, Robert John Mehmen, Troy Lynn Moller
  • Electronic remote entry lock system for a tool cabinet
    Patent number: 6374649
    Abstract: A tool chest with multiple, vertical drawers includes a remotely controlled latching mechanism. A receiver mounted in the cabinet receives a signal from a remote transmitter and initiates operation of a motor to, in turn, drive a linkage which engages or releases a catch on the back side of each drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Holcomb, Kent C. Johnson
  • Drawer latch
    Patent number: 6375235
    Abstract: A lock mechanism for a sliding drawer of the type mounted on telescopic slides in a cabinet includes a pivotal handle bar on the top front edge of the cabinet drawer front wall. The handle includes catch mechanisms biased for engagement with a strike extending from the drawer slides mounted on the inside of the cabinet. Manual rotation of the handle moves the handle and thus the catch mechanisms out of engagement with the strike enabling the cabinet drawer to be opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Mehmen
  • Tool cabinet
    Patent number: 6109709
    Abstract: A combination cabinet and drawer construction includes a catch associated with the drawers that is cooperative with a biased, releasable locking bar. The locking bar is responsive to a cylinder lock actuated by a rod that engages the locking bar and rotates the bar to move it out of engagement with a leg of a drawer catch thereby releasing the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Jon Holcomb, Steven Frederick Kohagen, Kent Charles Johnson, Robert J. Mehmen, Carl E. Hoffmeyer, Simon Yan
  • Tool box carrier
    Patent number: 5988658
    Abstract: A carrier for a work box or tub includes a support ring made from opposed connected braces with telescopic handle attached at one end and wheels attached at the opposite end of the support ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Philip Ritchie, Gregory Jon Holcomb, David Allen Trower
  • Screwdriver holder
    Patent number: 5988382
    Abstract: A screwdriver holder or carrier includes two series of parallel troughs arrayed sequentially and in alternating rows with a handle support wall separating the troughs. The blades fit through a double molded wall construction with a foam insert held therein. The foam insert, in at least in part, frictionally engages the screwdriver blades to hold them in the carrier. The assembly further includes a blade guard at one end and a handle at its opposite end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Philip Ritchie, David Allen Trower
  • Tool storage center
    Patent number: D509939
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Hay, Ramon L. Kemmensen, Fred P. Ritchie, Steven F. Kohagen
  • Tool carrier
    Patent number: D462168
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramon L. Klemmensen, Michael E. Hay, Fred P. Ritchie, Steven F. Kohagen
  • Tool storage cabinet
    Patent number: D489858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Hay, Ramon L. Klemmensen, Fred P. Ritchie, Steven F. Kohagen
  • Step tool box
    Patent number: D411351
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Frederick Kohagen, Fred Philip Ritchie, Deonna Jene Fritz
  • Tool cabinet
    Patent number: D423817
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Jon Holcomb, Steven Frederick Kohagen, Kent Charles Johnson, Robert J. Mehmen, Carl E. Hoffmeyer, Simon Yan
  • Tool cabinet
    Patent number: D423818
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Jon Holcomb, Steven Frederick Kohagen, Kent Charles Johnson, Robert J. Mehmen, Carl E. Hoffmeyer, Simon Yan
  • Tool cabinet
    Patent number: D427807
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Jon Holcomb, Steven Frederick Kohagen, Kent Charles Johnson, Robert J. Mehmen, Carl E. Hoffmeyer, Simon Yan