Inserted Type Patents (Class 206/377)
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Patent number: 6405865Abstract: A tool box includes a body and a cap movably mounted to the body which has an board and a post extends from the board. A plurality of passages are defined through the post so as to receive bits in the passages. An engaging recess is defined in a distal end of the post. The cap has an open bottom for mounting to the post and a close top through which a hole is defined so that a bit extends through the hole and is securely engaged with the engaging recess, and the tool box is used as a screwdriver.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2000Date of Patent: June 18, 2002Assignee: Home Soon Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ming-Nee Lin
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Patent number: 6367628Abstract: A tool holder device comprises a main board, a slide seat releasably engaged with the main board and including a plurality of pegs, and a tool holder including a plurality of receptacles with different diameters for releasably holding wrenches of various sizes. The tool holder is releasably engaged with the slide seat. Each receptacle includes a resilient holding member for releasably holding an associated wrench in place. When the tool holder is engaged with the slide seat, each peg of the slide seat is received in an associated receptacle of the tool holder, and a wrench received in the tool holder rests on an associated peg with the wrench being not held by an associated holding means, thereby allowing ready removal of the wrench from the tool holder.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2000Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Inventor: Bobby Hu
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Patent number: 6283311Abstract: A tool display rack includes a board having two apertures through which two side arms of a retainer extend. A first hook extends from an inside of a first end of each side arm and a retaining plate is connected between the two first hooks. A groove is defined in the inside of a second end of each side arm and a locking member is securely engaged with the two grooves and connected between the two side arms so that the retainer cannot be removed from the two apertures.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2000Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Inventor: Jack Lee
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Publication number: 20010010291Abstract: A tool holder device comprises a main board, a slide seat releasably engaged with the main board and including a plurality of pegs, and a tool holder including a plurality of receptacles with different diameters for releasably holding wrenches of various sizes. The tool holder is releasably engaged with the slide seat. Each receptacle includes a resilient holding member for releasably holding an associated wrench in place. When the tool holder is engaged with the slide seat, each peg of the-slide seat is received in an associated receptacle of the tool holder, and a wrench received in the tool holder rests on an associated peg with the wrench being not held by an associated holding means, thereby allowing ready removal of the wrench from the tool holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2000Publication date: August 2, 2001Inventor: Bobby Hu
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Patent number: 6247675Abstract: A hanger for displaying a leash, including a main body with a horizontal hook for engaging a spring latch of the leash and a vertical hook for engaging a loop handle of the leash. The vertical hook is connected to said main body and includes a second support arm having a first end in connection with said main body and a second end opposite said first end, said second support arm located approximately along the vertical plane and constructed to support the spring latch, said second hook further includes one or more extension arms connecting said second end to said main body so that said vertical hook forms a loop with said main body; and wherein one of said one or more extension arms includes a slot such that the latch can engage said second support arm by entering the loop through the slot.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 1999Date of Patent: June 19, 2001Assignee: Four Paws Products, Ltd.Inventor: Barry Askin
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Patent number: 6126004Abstract: A tool display box includes a main body having a number of spaced resilient retaining plates projecting outward therefrom. A holding space is defined between each two adjacent resilient retaining plates to hold a tool by two mutually facing walls of the two adjacent resilient retaining plates. Each resilient holding plate includes a distal end having a notch defined therein. A retaining member is secured to each resilient holding plate and includes a passage aligned with the notch. A locking member is extended through the notches of the resilient holding plates and the passages of the retaining members for preventing removal of the tool in the holding space.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1999Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: Hand Tool Design CorporationInventor: David Ling
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Patent number: 6112897Abstract: A tool holder includes a number of spaced holes. An inner periphery defining each hole includes a cutout defined therein. A periphery that defines each cutout includes a resilient retaining element projected therefrom. Each resilient retaining element has a portion projected into an associated hole.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 1998Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Inventor: Bobby Hu
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Patent number: 6070897Abstract: A bicycle foot peg of a hollow construction is fastened at one end thereof with a bicycle frame and provided in the inner wall of the open end thereof with an inner threaded portion. A fitting seat is disposed in the hollow interior of the bicycle foot peg and provided with a plurality of slots for holding hand tools such as a screwdriver and wrench. An outer cap is used to seal off the open end of the foot peg such that the outer cap is engaged securely with the outer end of the fitting seat, which in turn is engaged with the inner threaded portion of the foot peg.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1998Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Inventors: Te-Tsai Hsieh, Chin-Feng Lin, Ming-Liang Lin
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Patent number: 6032796Abstract: A tool holder having a first panel that has a first side and a second side that faces opposite to the first side, wherein the first side has a channel. The second side includes an indicating mechanism which indicates when an object will be held in place within the channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 1998Date of Patent: March 7, 2000Assignee: American Tool Companies, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Keith Hopper, Steven Edward Zlomke
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Patent number: 5992625Abstract: A holder for Allen wrenches or other L-shaped tools formed by a cylindrical body having an array of lengthwise grooves of graduated sizes distributed about its circumference each receiving one of a set of Allen wrenches. A radial hole extending into each groove receives the short end of the respective Allen wrench, which is gripped by a corresponding groove in an elastomeric plug fixed to one end of the holder body. The long end sections of the wrenches project beyond the end of the holder in a circular array, exposed to allow a size fit trial with a socket to be wrenched.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 1998Date of Patent: November 30, 1999Inventor: Paul Loiselle
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Patent number: 5988381Abstract: A tool display pack includes a board and a security device. The board has an engaging hole with a shoulder section. The security device includes an end pivotally connected to the boar. A resilient locking member projects from an inner side of the security device that faces a front side of the board. The resilient locking member includes a hook formed on a distal end thereof and a protrusion formed adjacent to the hook. The security device includes a through-hole through which a tool to be displayed is extended. The locking member is extendible through the engaging hole of the boar such that the protrusion and the hook of the resilient locking member are located on a rear side of the board. The protrusion is releasably engaged, with the shoulder section of the board, and the hook prevents pivotal movement of the security device relative to the board when the hook is moved to bear against the shoulder section of the board, thereby locking the tool in place.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1998Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Assignee: Hand Tool Design CorporationInventor: David Ling
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Patent number: 5938028Abstract: A tool holder includes a main body having a bottom wall and a number of substantially L-shaped separation walls formed on the bottom wall, thereby defining a substantially L-shaped receiving compartment between each two adjacent separation walls. Each separation wall includes a first section and a second section. A resilient retaining member is mounted on the first section of each separation wall. Each receiving compartment includes a relatively longer section and a relatively shorter section. A guiding wall is extended across two second sections respectively of two adjacent separation walls. The guiding wall includes a downwardly extending guiding surface that faces the bottom wall. The downwardly extending guiding surface is preferably arcuate and inclines downwardly toward the bottom wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1998Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Inventor: Bobby Hu
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Patent number: 5906350Abstract: A suspension rack includes a suspension plate having a first side, a second side, and two end portions each defining a hole and an L-shaped cavity located adjacent to the hole. A U-shaped supporting bracket is mounted on the first side of the suspension plate and includes a vertical arm, two side arms each extending from the vertical arm to the suspension plate, and two extensions each extending from an associated side arm to abut on the first side of the suspension plate. Two snapping members each include an enlarged head abutting on an associated extension, a shank slidably received in a bore defined in each of the two extensions and in the hole of an associated end portion of the suspension plate, and an enlarged abutting edge abutting on the second side of the suspension plate. Two L-shaped resilient hook portions each extend from an associated extension and are each detachably received in the L-shaped cavity of the suspension plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1997Date of Patent: May 25, 1999Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
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Patent number: 5893457Abstract: A tool box includes a base portion with two side walls, two sliding plates slidably disposed to the two side walls and a plurality of receiving members pivotally connected between the two side walls at two ends of a front side thereof. The receiving members further are pivotally connected to the two sliding plates at the two ends of a rear side thereof. An actuating member is pivotally connected between the two side walls at two ends of a front side thereof, and between the two sliding plates at the two ends of a rear side thereof so that when pivoting the actuating member about the two ends of the front side thereof, the two sliding plates and the rear side of each the receiving members are moved upwardly.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1998Date of Patent: April 13, 1999Inventor: Yong Lung Wei
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Patent number: 5816401Abstract: In the invention, a hexagonal lid is pivotably connected to a generally flat body. A number of conventional hex keys of different sizes are secured within a plurality of plastic retaining members molded to the body such that both ends of the hex keys project out of the lid through notches in opposing sides of the lid to allow the consumer to touch the hex keys. The long ends of the hex keys project downwardly out of the lid generally parallel to the side edge of the body, and the short ends of the hex keys project out of the lid onto the top portion of the body parallel to the top edge of the body. Unauthorized removal of the hex keys at the point of sale is prevented by a block secured to the top portion of the body by a clip which penetrates a slit defined in the body.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 1997Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: Maxtech, Inc.Inventors: Kailash C. Vasudeva, Maz A. Hasan
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Patent number: 5725096Abstract: A magnetic tool management system with a magnetically attracting material having a number of spaced apart apertures of a size and shape for accommodating at least one surface of a tool. The magnetically attracting member optionally has indicia disposed thereon describing a tool corresponding to at least one of the apertures. The apertures are generally organized in a substantially planar array. The array includes substantially circular apertures which hold sockets in a variant. Optionally, an overlay is applied to the magnetically attracting member. The overlay has optional indicia thereon describing a tool corresponding to at least one of the respective apertures. The tool management system further includes a plurality of sockets disposed within the substantially circular apertures, and is used in a tool box having at least one accessible compartment. The tool box has tools, or portions thereof, such as sockets disposed in the apertures of the tool management system.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1995Date of Patent: March 10, 1998Inventor: Stanley Winnard
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Patent number: 5713467Abstract: A tool display pack having a security device includes a body and a catch member which has one end thereof pivotally connected to the body which has a first hole defined in a top thereof and a second hole and a slot respectively defined in one side thereof. The catch member has a hook member extending laterally from the other end thereof and a third hole defined beside the hook which is engagement with the slot when the catch member is in a closed position such that a tool can be supported by the catch member. A lock pin has a head and a shank extending from the head, the shank having a flange extending radially from a free end thereof so that the lock pin extends through the third hole and the second hole when the flange is compressed and the flange has a diameter not less than that of the second hole.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 1997Date of Patent: February 3, 1998Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
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Patent number: 5692656Abstract: A tool carrier suitable for displaying tools for merchandising includes a plurality of downwardly extending flexible strips having vertically opposed holes through which tool shafts may be inserted when the strips are flexed. Release of the flexure causes the hole walls to grip the tool shaft, firmly holding the tools for ready access and display.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1996Date of Patent: December 2, 1997Inventor: Andrew E. Dembicks
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Patent number: 5638964Abstract: A wrench rack includes a base having spaced apart rows of arm structures with corresponding pairs of arm structures serving to support a set of wrenches. A flexible biasing member of each arm structure is displaced upon wrench installation in the rack and urges the wrench into frictional engagement with an adjacent arm structure to prevent inadvertent release of the wrench. A flexible biasing member is, in one embodiment, embodied in a span of material while a modified arm structure has a flexible biasing member embodied in a distal end segment of the structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 1995Date of Patent: June 17, 1997Inventor: Gregory R. Ernst
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Patent number: 5620092Abstract: A wrench set holding system which contains wrenches therein at their open jaws is disclosed. Gradually increasing dimension element and openings provide positions therealong at which each wrench jaw in a set of wrenches, rests in use. A rod is also provided which can be inserted to secure a set of wrenches in place by sandwiching present wrench shanks between the rod and a primary body element or a bottom element. The wrench set holding system is economical to fabricate and easy use.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 1996Date of Patent: April 15, 1997Inventor: Lyle V. Meisinger
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Patent number: 5573116Abstract: A tool tray for organizing and carrying sockets comprises a bottom wall; first and second side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall; first and second end walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall; first and second handles secured respectively to the first and second end walls and disposed above the bottom wall; a plurality of rails disposed on the bottom wall; and a plurality of clips secured to each of the rails, the clips for removably securing the sockets. The first and second handles each includes a member for permitting a user to securely carry the tray with one hand. Convex shaped flanges are provided on the bottom surface of the bottom wall. A blank for forming the tool tray is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 1994Date of Patent: November 12, 1996Inventor: Paul D. Zink
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Patent number: 5535881Abstract: The wrench holder has a plurality of pairs of elements separated by a space substantially equal to the thickness of a wrench. One element in each pair is fixed and the other is hingedly mounted for movement toward and away from the first element. Two bosses are respectively carried by the two elements and are directed laterally toward each other. A wrench is inserted into a space, forcing the second element away from the first until the bosses are aligned with a hole in wrench, whereupon the two bosses seat within the wrench hole.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 1995Date of Patent: July 16, 1996Assignee: Snap-on Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Bert Krivec
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Patent number: 5535882Abstract: A handy tool case including a case body, which has a plurality of hexagonal chambers at the top side for keeping tool bits, a clip at the back side for hanging on the user's belt, two springy hooks at the bottom side for keeping a tool handle outside the case body, and a platform at the front side, a cover pivoted to the case body and turned between the close position covered over the tool bits in the hexagonal chambers and the open position supported on the platform, and a plurality of magnetic plates fitted into respective recessed portions inside the cover for keeping metal accessories by magnetic attraction.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 1995Date of Patent: July 16, 1996Inventor: Lai-Ho Liu
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Patent number: 5495942Abstract: A device is described capable of selectively extending one member selected from a number of possible extending members, by a selector, full extension of the selected member being made under spring force applied by a rotating shaft.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1994Date of Patent: March 5, 1996Inventor: Allan Izhak
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Patent number: 5447232Abstract: A tool holder includes two panels having a bottom portion coupled together by a base so as to form an erectable triangular configuration. One of the panels includes a number of cavities for receiving tools. The other panel includes a number of covers temporarily secured to the other panel and disposed according to the cavities for temporarily covering the cavities so as to retain the tools in the cavities. The cavities are inclined so as to stably retain the tools when the covers are disengaged from the panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 1994Date of Patent: September 5, 1995Inventor: Jessie Chow
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Patent number: 5394984Abstract: Disclosed is a holder for hexagonal wrenches which can compactly house a plurality of hexagonal wrenches therein and also be used as a grip for hexagonal wrenches. Around the outer peripheral surface of the holder body 1 is formed a corrugated portion 4 to provide a gripping portion 5. Said holder body 1 is formed with fitting holes 6, corresponding to each size of hexagonal wrenches 2. Then, into the fitting holes 6 are inserted the shafts 2A of the hexagonal wrenches 2 in order to incorporate the hexagonal wrenches 2 in the holder body 1. According to the structure of the invention, a plurality of hexagonal wrenches 2 of different sizes can be compactly housed in the holder body 1. Further, the hexagonal wrenches 2 are nearly integrated with the holder body 1, which are able to be utilized as a grip for hexagonal wrenches 2.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1994Date of Patent: March 7, 1995Inventor: Tateshi Aiba
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Patent number: 5388694Abstract: The instant invention provides for a wrench tool organizer and storage device. The organizer and storage device includes a single, flat, planar base having an upper face and a lower face and at least one pair of wrench retaining and sorting projections spacedly attached to the upper face of the planar base so as to accommodate a wide variety of wrench sizes, each wrench retaining and sorting projection of the pair being positioned relative to the other in a manner which allows one or more wrenches to be retained by both projections of the pair at the same time. Additionally, the device includes one or more allen wrench head retaining and sorting projections attached to the upper face of the planar base for holding and sorting the head of at least one allen wrench and at least one allen wrench handle retaining and sorting projection attached to the upper face of the planar base for holding and sorting the drive handle of at least one allen wrench.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 1993Date of Patent: February 14, 1995Inventor: Randall R. Arendt
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Patent number: 5363680Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved structure for key chain, comprising a main body having a thread at the upper end to enable it to be screwed onto the bottom end of a fixed seat, and the main body further having a chamber therein for receiving a disk spring and a top ring that is inserted onto the main body, and the disk spring is held with a conical body on the bottom of the top ring, and a key fastener held by the disk spring is then inserted. When the key fastener is intended for removal, pushing up the top ring will cause the conical body on the bottom of the top ring to prop open the sheet cones of the disk spring, and the key fastener can be removed.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 1993Date of Patent: November 15, 1994Inventor: Yeou-Jyh Wu
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Patent number: 5217116Abstract: A bicycle kettle support with a tool-storing box including a kettle support haing a lower threaded portion, and a tool box composed of multiple layers of box members and screwed on the lower threaded portion of the kettle support, wherein each of the box members is divided into several chambers by partitioning boards for containing various tools and a cap is rotatably mounted over the box member by a shaft, the cap being formed with an opening corresponding to the shape of the chamber, whereby the cap can be rotated through a certain angle to make the opening aligned with the chamber for the user to take out the tools contained therein while closing other chambers to prevent the tools stored therein from dropping out, the lateral wall of at least one of the box members being formed with a tool insert hole so that the tool can be inserted thereinto, permitting the box member to serve as a handle to increase the wrenching torque exerted on the tool.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1992Date of Patent: June 8, 1993Inventor: Cooper Ku
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Patent number: 5069050Abstract: A separable key holder assembly includes a pair of key rings, a pair of flexible mounting straps, and a pair of patches of complementary hook and loop fastening materials detachably attachable together and applied on the respective straps. Each strap has an end portion being folded around one of the key rings and back upon itself so as to provide overlapped sections on the end portion of strap. The overlapped sections of the strap contain a heat sealed zone in which they are permanently attached to one another. Each patch extends over substantially the entire length and width of one of the opposite surfaces of the respective straps.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1991Date of Patent: December 3, 1991Assignee: Perfect Fastener, Inc.Inventor: Nathan Chen
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Patent number: 4987998Abstract: A retention device used for collecting or storing sockets and wrenches of different sizes for easy access and selection. The retention device is comprised of a frame plate having a number of spaced receiving strips. First clips having a curved head and a pair of wing portions that are removable and mounted on the receiving strip to receive sockets. Substantially C-shaped second clips are fixedly attached on the curved head of some of the first clips in order to receive wrenches.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 1990Date of Patent: January 29, 1991Inventor: Chiung C. Tsai
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Patent number: 4880122Abstract: Storage and display apparatus for permitting discretionary securing and releasing power shank tools. The apparatus is comprised of a rack assembly having three parallel shelves. The upper two having aligned holes to locate and restrain the tools against radial movement. The uninterrupted lower shelf constrains the tools against axial movement in the insertion direction. Rack ends, perpendicular to the shelves, are provided with holes through which a D cross section rod, free to rotate, is inserted. The D rod is located relative to the tool shank, and is of such a diameter that, when rotated so that the flat surface is parallel to the tool axis, the tools can be inserted and withdrawn. When rotated to an angle to the tool axis, the circumferential portion of the rod engages the groove surface preventing tool removal.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 1988Date of Patent: November 14, 1989Inventor: J. Richard Martindell
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Patent number: 4813551Abstract: The T-handle hexagonal key wrench set and base can be disassembled and piled up before use, thus decreasing the volume thereof. This feature is especially suited for mass transportation and saves transportation costs. Also, each bearing plate is securely interlockable by use of interconnecting insertion plates. These interlocking insertion plates allow quick, secure assembly into a functional " " shape.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1987Date of Patent: March 21, 1989Inventor: Teng-Tang Kuo
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Patent number: 4767006Abstract: A holder for allen wrenches includes a hollow cylindrical housing and in interior cylindrical rod which holds the wrenches. The interior rod includes longitudinal channels in graduated widths, each channel terminating in a bore into the rod in which the head of the wrench is placed. The housing prevents the wrenches from escaping from their channels unless the interior cylinder is rotated into a position which exposes a wrench to a slot and thumb hole. A stand and handles for rotating the rod are provided. Locking means are also provided to lock the rod in the housing in a position where no wrenches are able to be drawn from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 1988Date of Patent: August 30, 1988Inventor: Keith Wasem
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Patent number: 4681234Abstract: A rack for Allen wrenches with grooves for accepting the wrenches which slant first upwardly and then after a 90.degree. turn downwardly and with surfaces intersecting to provide a line bottom to each groove.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1986Date of Patent: July 21, 1987Inventor: Mark S. Wisnieswski
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Patent number: 4101025Abstract: A generally rectangular backing member is formed of a leather material and provided with a square, leather cover member, which is emplaced over the backing member and sewn thereto to overlie a portion thereof. Three sides of the cover member lie coextensively with three corresponding sides of the backing member and the fourth side of the cover member extends across the surface of the backing member between the side edges along an angular path with one side being substantially longer than the other side. The cover member is stitched to the backing member around the edges thereof, and includes a plurality of spaced or parallel stitch lines which connect the two members in such a way as to form a plurality of separate pockets therein. The backing member folds over and snaps closed to provide a sturdy, long-lasting case for hexagonal bar-type wrenches of differing size.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 1977Date of Patent: July 18, 1978Inventor: Ronald H. Jordan
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Patent number: 3997053Abstract: A tool holder for removably holding a plurality of tools such as hexagonal key wrenches in which the holder has a passage for each tool and in which each passage has, spaced from the end in which the tool is inserted, an inwardly extending projection which allows the tool to pass when a flat side of the tool is parallel to the flat face of the projection but which grips the tool when it is turned to bring a corner edge of the tool into engagement with the flat face to clamp it. With large tools, there are two opposed inwardly extending projections, one of which has a groove into which a corner edge of said tool enters to yieldably retain the tool against rotation from its gripped position. With small tools, the tool holder has a shoulder against which the tool bears to limit the movement of the tool away from its gripped position.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 1975Date of Patent: December 14, 1976Inventor: John R. Bondhus