Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A tool packaging container including a rectangular body portion having a recess at a central portion, a flange at a bottom, and a plurality of vertical dovetail grooves at both sides, and two rectangular extension containers connected with both sides of the rectangular body portion. Each of the rectangular extension containers is one-half as long as the rectangular body portion and provided at one side with a plurality of dovetails and at another side with a plurality of dovetail retainers. The dovetails of the rectangular extension containers are adapted to engage the dovetail grooves of the rectangular body portion and are adapted to engage the dovetail retainers of another one of the rectangular extension containers. Each of the rectangular extension containers is formed with a neck at an upper portion, a pair of lugs at one end.

Abstract: A key holder includes a keyring adapted to hold at least one preselected key, and a housing having an arcuate passage formed therein. The housing further has a notch formed in its outer periphery which is sized to receive the keyring and a first opening formed therein at one side of the notch which communicates with an end of the passage. A plunger having a flexible arm portion is disposed within the passage and movable between a position in which the flexible arm portion extends through the opening and across the notch for retaining the keyring to the housing and a position in which the flexible arm portion is withdrawn into the passage for allowing the removal of the keyring from the housing. The plunger is biased to its keyring retaining position, and the flexible arm portion is adapted to flex to conform to the shape of the passage when moving the plunger between its keyring-retaining and withdrawn positions.

Abstract: A storage apparatus for tool sockets includes an elongated rack having affixed thereto a plurality of attachment mechanisms each provided with a guide channel and upstanding central cam element. A mounting member connected to each attachment mechanism includes a stub adapted to accommodate the square bore of a tool socket, with a transverse bore in the stub having a normally freely movable ball therein. Arcuate movement of the mounting member atop its attachment mechanism is limited by a tab on the mounting member disposed within the attachment mechanism guide channel. In an at rest condition, the tab is biased upwardly by a spring intermediate the attachment mechanism and mounting member.

Abstract: A device for concealing, storing and permitting ready access to and use of a handcuff key which is not readily identifiable as a key holder but is easily retrieved and utilized by law enforcement personnel. The handcuff key is camouflaged and concealed in a variety of devices, such as a ball point pen enclosure, a pocket knife holder and a rectangular case.

Abstract: A tool box has a bottom portion, a pair of side portions, a back portion, a front portion, and a cover rotatably mounted adjacent the back portion. The cover has a horizontal section and a slanted section sloping downwardly from the horizontal section. A partition plate is positioned in the interior of the tool box and has a row of pegs extending upwardly from the top of the partition plate. The upper ends of the pegs can contact or be in close proximity to the horizontal section of the cover when the cover is in its closed position such that tools disposed on the pegs are secured in position. A shaft is rotatably supported along the front portion and has structure attached along its length for engaging the cover to secure the cover in its closed position. The shaft is rotated by an actuating member so that the engaging structure can be brought into contact with the cover to seal the cover.

Abstract: A holder for supporting magnetic cylindrical tools of varying diameter such as wrench sockets, drill bits, etc. in order. A member having a series of recesses having shapes corresponding to the tools to be held is backed by an elongated magnet. In one embodiment, the member is a non-magnetic material and the magnet is made up of a plurality of transverse magnetic regions, having alternately north and south poles on the surface toward the recesses, with the pole lines between adjacent north and south regions aligned with the centerline of the recesses. Preferably, a narrow non-magnetized region separates each pair of adjacent north and south pole regions. In a second embodiment, the member is formed from a magnetic a U-shaped sheet with the recesses formed in opposed sidewalls. The magnet is held between the sidewalls below the recesses and has two longitudinally arranged north and south poses at the surface toward the recesses, with the pole line running longitudinally along the center of the magnet.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A hanger for articles having a rectangular recess, for example, sockets for a socket wrench, has a connecting element which entrains a locking element into the recess in the goods and ruptures a web connecting opposite bars of the locking element. When the hanger is withdrawn from the recess, the bars fall out and limit reuse of the hanger.

Abstract: A method of making liners for tool boxes provides custom formed liners to fit a specific selection and arrangement of tools in a tool chest, box or drawer. The method comprises first cutting a backing sheet and a tool receptacle sheet to fit the selected tool drawer or container, and laminating the receptacle sheet to the underlying backing sheet. The selected tools are then laid out on top of the receptacle sheet according to the pattern desired and their outlines traced on the top of the receptacle sheet. The tool receptacles are then cut through the receptacle sheet, down to but not through the underlying backing sheet, along the traced lines. A liquid plastic or vinyl material may be added to the bottoms of the completed receptacles if desired, and allowed to cure to further cushion any tools placed therein. The liquid plastic material may be provided in different colors to assist in the proper placement of tools and in the determination of missing tools.

Abstract: An adjustable socket tray for visually displaying a socket for selection of the socket size and/or a fastener tightening strategy wherein the socket is restrained by a movable "V" block to retain the socket about a centerline incident with a sensor to determine the selection of the socket.

Abstract: An adjustable socket tray for use in assembly operations wherein the tray is provided with movable partitions to selectively store sockets of different diameter and effect notification to a controller of a selected socket for establishing appropriate conditions of fastener tightening via the socket selection process.

Abstract: A wrench socket holder and storage rack comprises a plurality of stud members registrable with a base member. Each stud member has three contiguous sections comprising two side sections and a top section hingedly connected from one side section to one edge of the top section and then from the other edge of the top section to the second side section. When the sides are positioned adjacent to one another, they form a stud having a substantially shaped square cross section.

Abstract: A container for sticks of gum comprising a container having four rectangular side walls, and a bottom wall in a rectangular shape coupling the side walls in a rectangular configuration with a central axis and with an open top in a configuration essentially the same as that of the bottom wall, the side walls and bottom wall forming a chamber for the receipt of a pack of sticks of gum, the open top being recessed to form exterior bearing surfaces formed in the side walls on their exterior surfaces both parallel and transverse with respect to the axis and further comprising a closure cap having four rectangular side walls and a top wall in a rectangular shape coupling the side walls in a rectangular axis with a central axis and with an open bottom, the open bottom being recessed to form exterior bearing surfaces both parallel and transverse to the axis and positionable in contact with the bearing surfaces of the container when in a coupled closed orientation.

Abstract: A caddy for organizing the storage of a plurality of wrench sockets is disclosed herein having a support member with a flat planar plate provided with a plurality of openings for insertably receiving a variety of sockets for storage. The plate openings are arranged in a predetermined order of socket sizes in rows and columns with raised dimensional values adjacent each opening corresponding to a particular socket size. A peripheral flange carried on the plate serves as a stand-off for raising the support member plate above a supporting tool box tray or the like. A magnetic pad or layer may be disposed on the tray below the plate for magnetically attracting the sockets for releasably holding the sockets in place. Each opening includes a pliable tab intended to releasably grip a respective socket in the opening.

Abstract: A tool holder includes two opposite surfaces, a number of openings formed in the tool holder for receiving tools, and one or more projections formed in the tool holder for engaging with the tools so as to retain the tools in the openings, the openings are extended through the tool holder and opened in both of the opposite surfaces such that the tools can be easily reached from either side of the tool holder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for magnetically holding sockets in a desired horizontal sequence. One embodiment of the device is substantially rectangular having a plurality of parallel channels of descending circumference adapted to receive corresponding socket heads from a standard or long socket set. The device promotes a plurality of magnetic arcs, having pole lines parallel to the channels, for engagement to the exterior circumference of the cylindrical sockets. The magnetic attraction properties of the device offer a significant improvement over the prior art while simultaneously providing maximum visibility of the socket heads which facilitate retrieval by an individual.

Abstract: The portable socket holder comprises a corrugated base plate, a plurality of rails attached to raised sections, a handle attached to the center of the plate, and a plurality of socket-receiving clips frictionally and slidably carried by the rails.

Abstract: A container for keys placed side-by-side. The container includes a sliding slide with a series of recesses for receiving the head of the keys. The slide is connected with a rack assembly which is in driving engagement with a pinion and a knurled wheel combination pivotably supported at one end of the container. The rack slides on a fixed smooth wall transversely extending within the container. The smooth wall includes a series of spaced cavities and a steel ball is positioned between the rack and smooth wall and is spring biased away from the rack so as to click into and out of position within the series of spaced cavities. The keys include notches for sliding on above and below transverse tracks. The tracks include a central notch. When a desired key is positioned within the central notch of each track, the key can be slid out through an opening in the end wall of the container by operation of a finger sliding tab having an internal pin which slides with the tab within a longitudinal slot.

Abstract: A key case which ejects and retracts keys comprises a housing, a mounting block disposed inside the housing, and a bail for holding keys attached to the mounting block. The mounting block contains two arms which extend into and slidingly engage internal grooves in the housing, by which arrangement the mounting block, bail, and keys move smoothly through the housing. An external thumbscrew attaches through a slot in the side of the housing to the mounting block by a connecting rod. The mounting block is moved through the housing by means of the thumbscrew.

Abstract: Apparatus for holding and selectively releasing a plurality of wrench sockets of the type having a drive opening therein includes an elongated rack having a pair of slots open on outer faces thereof and in communication with an internal, longitudinally extending recess having a width greater than the width of the slots and a plurality of retainer assemblies mounted in spaced relation along the length of said recess. Each retainer assembly includes a support post projecting outwardly of one face of the rack through an adjacent slot therein for engagement within the opening of a wrench socket placed on the post. A releasable detent is provided on each post for detaining engagement with a wrench element placed on the post, and a release button, accessible through the slot on an opposite face of the rack is provided for manual, quick releasing of the detent to permit easy withdrawal of the wrench socket from the post.

Abstract: A tool packaging system of complementary plastic planar members snapfit together and interlocked therebetween to allow a planar assembly or a configuration akin to a toolbox. In an alternative embodiment, complementary extruded plastic planar members may be slidably engaged and snapfit to provide either a planar assembly, or rectangular prism assembly which is completed by snap-fitting end caps thereto.

Abstract: An open sided elongated and rigid key case is provided for receiving a plurality of laterally spaced apart longitudinally extending keys therein with the base ends of the keys supported from the case for pivotal movement of the keys between stored positions substantially totally contained within the case and exposed positions with the lock insert ends of the keys projecting outwardly of the case. The case includes retention structure engagable with the keys as they are swung from an extended position to a partially extended position for frictionally resisting angular displacement of the keys relative to the case and a lever system is provided whereby selected keys within the case may be shifted from their retracted or stored positions to at least partially extended positions from the exterior of the case.

Abstract: A tool box including a body having two side surfaces, a depression, a slot and a groove formed in one end of each of the side surfaces, the slot inclined from the depression to a middle and upper portion of the body, the groove extended vertically from the depression to the bottom portion of the body, and a cover including a pair of flanges each having a stub formed integral on one end for engagement with the depressions of the body, whereby, the stubs are slidable along either the slots or the grooves.

Abstract: A tray for a set of sockets of varying diameters includes an elongated, open-top, trapezoidal receptacle with upstanding end walls each having an opening therein in the shape of a 270.degree. sector of a circle, with the ends of each sector defining stop surfaces. A bail retainer has an elongated flat bight and depending end portions which respectively extend along the outside of the end walls, and each provided with an inwardly projecting rectangular tab which extends into the asociated opening to form a chord thereof. The retainer is pivotal between a retaining position wherein the bight closely overlies the receptacle to retain the sockets therein and a position alongside the receptacle permitting removal of the sockets from the receptacle, the pivotal movement being limited by the stop surfaces of the openings. An elongated flange depends from one side wall of the receptacle to facilitate hanging on an associated support, such as a tool chest.

Abstract: Key container for holding, accessing and storing a plurality of keys and having quick and easy access and storing a plurality of keys. The key container has a key retainer to hold a plurality of keys and an axis along which a plurality of keys can move into and out of the container. Having such degrees of freedom enables the plurality to align its center of mass vectorially with the appropriate forces to bring about the orderly and effective movement of the plurality into or out of the key container.

Abstract: A mechanics socket and ratchet organizing/storage device comprising of a base with a plurality of round cylindrical posts projecting upward from base. The posts are sized to accept the different socket drive sizes and arranged in a plurality of rows. Ratchet wrenches are also stored on device partially by resting the ratchet drive head on cone shaped towers, hollow at the center, sized to accept the ratchet drive square. The ratchet handles are held into position by a common rib in which the said handle rests on. Because of the varying heights of the rib, the ratchet handle resists undesirable movement.

Abstract: A storage device for storage of socket wrenches thereon in end-to-end relation. The device is made of springy material and includes a body having extending arm portions with mutually engageable locking surfaces on the distal ends thereof. The locking action is accomplished as a result of one end member being biased against and retained against the second arm member as a result of the spring action of the material.

Abstract: A tool box including a housing having a cavity for receiving a wrench and having a chamber for receiving a casing, a cover having one end pivotally coupled to the housing and having a protrusion formed on the free end, an engaging plate formed in the outer end of the housing and engageable with the protrusion of the cover so that the cover can be closed, the casing having a number of holes for receiving a number of tools and having a handle portion so that the casing can be easily pulled away from the chamber of the housing.

Abstract: A multi-storied tool box capable of neatly storing therein a great number of tools and having a first tool box and a second tool box is provided. The first tool box generally is of a rectangular crosssection to define a plurality of side surfaces on which separate grooves of different shapes and/or sizes are provided for respectively receiving therein different tools and has four top corner protrusions and four corresponding bottom corner indentations. The second tool box includes an upper piece having four top corner protrusions and a plurality of side surfaces provided with separate grooves, and two lower pieces defining therebetween a space capable of selectively receiving therein the first tool box and the upper piece of a lower second box.

Abstract: A device for magnetically securing socket wrench heads. The device includes a body member having a plurality of bores therethrough for receiving socket wrench heads. A flexible cover member is attached to the lower surface of said body member. The cover member is formed from non-metallic binding material having magnetic particles embedded therein. The socket wrench heads may be disposed within the bores and are magnetically attracted to the magnetic material of the cover member thereby maintaining said socket wrench heads within said bores. The cover member also supports the body member when placed against a metallic surface. The cover member also facilitates the one-handed removal and replacement of socket wrench heads from the device.

Abstract: An apparatus including a tray with an insert positionable therewithin, the insert includes a plurality of sections, each section including a predetermined matrix of recesses to receive complementarily configured tools therewithin. A plural series of cylindrical recesses are provided, with a positioning rod mounted within and coaxially of each recess to position a socket set within each series of recesses to accommodate a plurality of socket sets. The invention further includes a "T" bar member mounted to the tray, with the "T" bar receiving a magnetically securable lumination member thereon to provide and direct illumination interiorly of the tray to effect visual assistance in tool selection during conditions of limited available light.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A novel key case is provided herein. The key case comprises a sac formed of thin pliant, reversible material, e.g., a soft leather. The sac has a wide, open end and a narrow, closed end, and is preferably cone-shaped, and an elastic pressure foot formed by a resilient member, e.g. a flat, synthetic elastomeric fibre, sewn into a lower hem at the wide, open end of the sac, e.g. by a silk thread is provided at the open, wide, end of the sac. A fixed-length, non-extendible metal eyelet is provided at the closed, narrow, end of the sac, and a chain link is secured to the eyelet within the interior of the sac. Keys may be secured to the chain link, and may, at the will of the user, be disposed completely within the sac or exposed out of the sac, by turning the sac inside out.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A wrench socket holder molded from resilient, flexible plastic material of substantially uniform thickness and having an elongated base portion reinforced by a plurality of ribs. A longitudinally spaced apart series of trapezoidal shape wrench retaining members mounted on stems project upwardly from the upper surface of the base portion. Each resilient flexible wrench retaining member is adapted for forcible entry into the handle receiving opening of an associated wrench socket element to resiliently grip and frictionally engage and releasably retain the wrench socket element in assembly with the holder.

Abstract: A storage and display case includes a base having recesses for holding tools. The base includes front and rear angled sides that are angled outwardly from a bottom surface towards a top surface. A transparent cover is pivotally mounted on the base on an axis that is substantially parallel to the rear angled side, and is adapted to pivot between a closed position wherein the case is covered and an open position wherein the cover abuts the rear angled side. A mechanism is provided for maintaining the cover in its fully opened position with the cover abutting the rear angled side. When the cover is in its open position, with the cover abutting the rear angled side, the case can be supported on the cover with the base being at an angle to the horizontal that permits easy access to any tools contained therein. A hook portion can be placed along the front angled side whereby the case can be suspended from a hanger strip mounted on a wall.

Abstract: A storage and organizer holder for detachable socket wrench heads of the polygonal socket types, the holder including a base member with several parallel rows of dove-tailed slots in which a plurality of cross sectionally square posts having dove-tailed shaped downward extensions are slidably and frictionally engaged. The dimensions of the cross sectionally square posts are varied so as to correspond to the standard drive dimensions of the socket wrench sets and are preferably positioned in the dove-tailed slots of the base member of the holder in groups corresponding with each of the different sizes of the standard drive dimensions of the socket wrench sets. The holder is preferably formed of an extruded or molded synthetic resin, the synthetic resin being sufficiently resilient to hold the dove-tailed downward extensions of the cross sectionally square posts in desired position while at the same time permitting them to be moved to such position. Polyvinyl chloride is a suitable synthetic resin.

Abstract: A key ring bob for attachment to a key ring or the like is disclosed. The key ring bob comprises a hollow body having an open and an other end. A cap is adapted to enclose the open end of the hollow body. A stem is axially attached to the cap at generally its center, and has a threaded portion along its length. The hollow body has at its other end a base portion with an threaded hole adapted to operatively engage with the threaded portion of the stem after insertion of the stem through the hollow body so that a portion of the stem protrudes through the threaded hole. The protruding end has a transverse hole through which a key ring or the like is inserted to connect the key ring bob to the key ring.

Abstract: Wrench socket assembly for holding wrench sockets with their drive or wrench handle-engaging ends up, each socket being tightly held by and swivelable relative to an elastomeric ball received in and of somewhat greater cross-sectional area than its nut or work-engaging opening, the balls being molded on and, when worn, discardable with studs releasably mounted upright on a supporting surface of a holder and being arranged in the holder in seleted size sequence, and the size and shape of the work opening of each socket being anodized or otherwise imprinted on its drive end.

Abstract: A key case having first and second generally planar wall portions each including a layer of a flexible material that may have a density substantially less than that of water so that the case will float; key retainers on each of the wall portions affording movement of the key from a position adjacent an inner surface of the wall portion to a position projecting from the wall portion where it can be engaged with a lock; and strip fasteners for releasably attaching the wall portions together around their peripheries with their inner surfaces adjacent and for defining a pocket between the wall portions adapted to receive keys attached to the wall portions. The wall portions are separable to afford use of the keys attached to them in separate locations such as the spaced ignition locks of a yacht or of two snowmobiles.

Abstract: A tool box consisting of a case and a lid to be mounted over the case for individually retaining sockets for a socket wrench. The case defines two opposite side walls and a bottom wall. Two spaced parallel rotatable shafts are carried by the side walls spacedly over the bottom wall. Each shaft carries two rows of radial stems. The stems are adapted to be releasably engaged by a plurality of similar yet differently dimensioned sockets from a socket wrench.

Abstract: The present invention provides a double ended key ring that includes a pair of key holders for retaining a set of keys. The key holders are movably connected to a central housing and are biased to retract into a pair of seats located at the ends of the housing to prevent the removal of the keys from the key holders. When the key holders are pulled away from the housing, the keys may then be removed from the key holders.The biasing mechanism for the key holders is located entirely within the housing. To this end the housing includes a central passageway that has a narrow bore, at one end, to preferably slidably receive a spring loaded lock pin that projects through the bore and is connected to one of the key holders. In order to permit the spring loaded lock pin and key holder to be assembled, the other end of the bore remains open until closed by a bushing. The bushing includes a tubular sidewall and an endwall having another narrow bore.

Abstract: A pair of elongated parallel and laterally spaced apart armature plates are provided between which a plurality of permanent magnets are mounted in positions spaced along the plates and the plates are constructed of ferrous material. One pair of corresponding longitudinal side edges of the plates may be engaged with a ferrous object for support of the plates and magnets therefrom and the other pair of corresponding side edges of the plates may have tools such as sockets supported therefrom and removably magnetically attracted thereto.

Abstract: A storage case for keys including a pair of hinged walls securable together in a folded position by a zipper and including internal support surfaces provided with a plurality of spaced retainers, with each retainer being defined by a flexible loop for detachably supporting a key ring thereon.

Abstract: A tool tray assembly for use in a tool chest is disclosed. The assembly includes a tray member, a rotatable, lockable handle attached to the tray member, and a storage box adapted to rest in the tray member.

Abstract: An organizer particularly for a set of wrench sockets has a series of socket receivers arranged in ascending/descending size order. Each receiver is of tubular form which is slit longitudinally to make it expandable and contractable. A resilient band encircles the receiver so that when a socket of suitable size is inserted therein, the resilient band provides a contracting force retaining the socket in the receiver. Also, the receivers have stops to limit the amount of insertion of a socket and the respective stops are arranged at different heights related to the height of the respective sockets so that each socket projects from its respective receiver to the same level above the top of the organizer. In one form of the invention, the stops are provided with respective ejector mechanisms for facilitating removal of the sockets.

Abstract: A gaging and storage rack for wrench sockets consisting of a base and a plurality of posts projecting upwardly therefrom. Each post is composed of two sections: a lower section adapted to receive a particular size of socket, and an upper section of uniform size adapted to receive and project above the drive hole in the socket. Associated with each post is a marking of the dimension or size of the socket which the lower section is adapted to receive.

Abstract: A key holder is disclosed which comprises a substantially planar body portion, a substantially circular ring having an open gap therein and rotatably mounted in substantially coplanar relation on the body portion, and a resilient tongue on the body portion. The ring is rotatable between a closed position wherein the open gap faces inwardly toward the body portion, and an open position wherein the open gap faces outwardly to permit the insertion of a key or the like on the ring. When the ring is in the closed position, the tongue normally extends into the gap to prevent the ring from being rotated. However, the tongue is resiliently deflectable away from the plane of the body portion to permit the ring to be rotated to the open position.

Abstract: A key holder is for keys with standardized heads of about the same width as standard key blades. The key holder includes a casing which has a flat base wall and a plurality of parallel, spaced-apart, elongated key compartment side walls extending integrally upwardly from the base wall to form a plurality of parallel key compartments. Keys are pivotally mounted in outer end portions of the key compartment side walls on removable cap screws and are pivotable about openings in the key heads and these cap screws from storage position inside of the casing to position for use of the key outside of the casing. Leaf springs, one in each key compartment, push the keys against the side walls with sufficient force to frictionally hold the keys in place each within its own key compartment whether or not one or the other of the cap screws is temporarily removed to insert or remove other keys.