Abstract: A modular container apparatus for storing and transporting articles, including first and second inner shell members positionable in opposed relation to one another to enclose a storage article volume. First and second outer shell members nestingly receive and are affixed to the first and second inner shell members, respectively. The container also includes interchangeable article positioning members, associated with at least one of the first and second inner shell members, and releasably retained therewithin, for receiving and retaining the articles to be stored and transported.

Abstract: A tool containment and dispensing apparatus for facilitated insertion and removal of a rotary cutting tool into and out of conventional drilling equipment, without user handling, as well as for safe storing and transporting of such tools. A tool carriage element reciprocates the tool within an apparatus housing, between a partially exposed extended position and a fully enclosed retracted position. The tool carriage is configured with a tool retainment channel and a tool tip seating element to protect the tool from contact with the internal area of the housing and to effectively secure and align the rotary cutting tool with the housing's release aperture. A resealable end cap is provided to completely seal the tool containment and dispensing apparatus from liquid and foreign objects.

Abstract: A tool deployment apparatus for guarding the cutting regions of a plurality of rotary cutting tools against damage and wear, and to further enable the simultaneous release and retransmission of the rotary cutting tools into and from a conventional rotary cutting tool pallet. An apparatus housing includes individual tool isolation areas which serve to align and protect the rotary cutting tools housed therewithin, which cutting tools are distally spaced in corresponding relationship to the receiving portions of the conventional tool pallet. A reciprocating bar, which includes elliptically shaped apertures, alternatively releases and obstructs the shaft portions of the rotary cutting tools. The deployment apparatus enables simultaneous release and retransmission of a plurality of rotary cutting tools from their inverted positions within the housing, without exposure to inadvertent contact with retraction elements that facilitate the alternative insertion of the tool shafts into and out of the pallet apertures.

Abstract: A protective deployment apparatus for guarding the cutting regions of a rotary cutting tool against damage, wear and injury to users, which could be caused by such a cutting tool during packaging, transporting, handling, storing, and installation into conventional tool holding and processing implements. An apparatus housing includes a gripping region for securing the conventional gripping collar which is affixed around a rotary cutting tool, so as to facilitate insertion and retraction of the tool between tool holding implements and the apparatus itself. The gripping region maintains the rotary cutting tool in a centered aligned position with respect to the longitudinal axis of the apparatus, while at the same time, keeping the entire cutting portion of the tool isolated within the confines of the apparatus housing itself, while in the retracted position.

Abstract: A snow blower adapter for mounting on a powered lawn mower including a housing to receive snow therein and chute means in cooperation with conveyor means to discharge snow from the housing, means to drive the conveyor means including a transmission and a clutch to operatively engage and disengage the transmission from the lawn mower and means for mounting the adapter on the lawn mower, including a pair of elongate arms adapted to be releasably mounted on the lawn mower.