Tool Patents (Class 211/70.6)
  • Patent number: 7954651
    Abstract: A tool rack has a slide rack and multiple hangers. The slide rack has a baseboard and an elongated rail protruding from the baseboard. The multiple hangers are slidably mounted on the rail of the slide rack, and each has a hanging body and a hanging shaft. The hanging body is made by injection molding and slidably connected to the rail of the slide rack and has a protruding side and a connecting mount. The connecting mount protrudes from the protruding side of the hanging body and has an inserting hole formed in the connecting mount. The hanging shaft is metal and has an inserting end and a bent end. The inserting end is mounted in the inserting hole and surrounded by the connecting mount. The bent end is opposite to the inserting end and is bent upward for hanging a hand tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 7954650
    Abstract: A wrench and socket organizing apparatus includes a base that has a top side and a bottom side. A post has a bottom end coupled to the top side. A plate has an upper surface and a lower surface. The plate is mounted on the post and the upper surface has a plurality of apertures therein positioned adjacent to a perimeter edge of the plate. A plurality of hook members is provided and each has a hook portion and a threaded portion. The threaded portion is removably extendable upwardly through one of the apertures to position a corresponding one of the hook portions between the plate and the base. A plurality of fasteners is provided. Each of the threaded portions receives one of the fasteners to releasably secure the threaded portions to the plate. Tools may be removably hung from the hook portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Inventor: Akram M. Malik
  • Patent number: 7954652
    Abstract: A tool rack has a slide rack and multiple hangers. The slide rack has a baseboard and an elongated rail protruding from the baseboard. The multiple hangers are slidably mounted on the rail of the slide rack, and each has a hanging body and a hanging shaft. The hanging body is made by injection molding and slidably connected to the rail of the slide rack and has a protruding side and a connecting mount. The connecting mount protrudes from the protruding side of the hanging body and has an inserting hole formed in the connecting mount. The hanging shaft is metal and has an inserting end and a bent end. The inserting end has an engaging head mounted in the inserting hole and surrounded by the connecting mount. The bent end is opposite to the inserting end and bent upward for hanging a hand tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 7950534
    Abstract: A hand tool rack has an elongated base bracket and multiple clamping elements. The base bracket has a baseboard and a rail bracket. The rail bracket is formed on and protrudes from the baseboard. The clamping elements are movably mounted on the rail bracket and each clamping element has a clamping arm and a tool mount. The clamping arm is slidably mounted and clamps on the rail bracket and has two holders. The tool mount is formed on and protrudes from the clamping arm and has a tool hole, a mounting slit and two recesses. The tool hole is formed through an upper surface and a lower surface of the tool mount. The mounting slit is formed through the upper surface, a front surface and the lower surface of the tool mount and communicates with the tool hole. The recesses are respectively formed in the sidewalls of the tool mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
  • Publication number: 20110114580
    Abstract: A tool holder includes two pawls engaged into a chamber of a housing and each pivotally attached to the housing with a pivot axle and each having a sector gear, and the sector gears of the pawls are engaged with each other for controlling the pawls to pivot relative to the housing and to grasp or grip an object between the pawls, two soft or resilient sheaths are attached onto the pawls respectively for protecting the pawls and for softly or resiliently engaging with the object and for preventing the object from being scraped by the pawls, and one or more spring biasing devices are engaged with the pawls and the housing for biasing the pawls to stably grasp or grip the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventor: Mark Chen
  • Patent number: 7931158
    Abstract: A tool suspension rack includes a support board provided with two through holes, and an elongate flexible clamping strap extending through the two through holes of the support board and provided with a plurality of barb-shaped locking pieces extending through at least one of the two through holes of the support board and locked on a side of the support board. Thus, the locking pieces of the clamping strap in turn extend through the two through holes of the support board to clamp and tighten the tool between the clamping strap and the support board easily and quickly, thereby facilitating a user mounting the tool onto the tool suspension rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Jiin Haur Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shih-Piao Wu
  • Patent number: 7931159
    Abstract: A suspension display rack has a board, a rail, and multiple brackets. The board has a back-strip. The back strip has two first positioning holes. The rail is mounted on a front surface of the board and has an upper lug and a lower lug formed respectively on a top and a bottom of the rail. The brackets are mounted on the rail and each bracket has a bar engaging with the board, a holder (21) and a seat. When the board is mounted securely on a wall or a tool car, tools can connect to the seats of the brackets for positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 7931179
    Abstract: A holder for compound tray and tools that includes a flexible sheet assembly that is removably mounted to a belt positioned around a user's waist. The sheet assembly includes a number of pockets with magnets designed for holding tools inside. Reinforcement members are mounted to the upper and lower edges of the sheet assembly to hold the sheet assembly in an extended position yet there are no reinforcement members along the lateral edges to still permit some flexibility of the sheet assembly. A tray holder assembly is mounted to the reinforcement adjacent to the lower edge. A tray holder supporting assembly, like cords, keeps the tray holder in a substantially horizontal position. Magnetic elements that are mounted to the tray and tray holder cause the tray to come toward the tray holder providing stability to the structure. Locking members can also be removably mounted to the tray and tray holder assembly to keep them together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Inventor: Juan Carlos Cuellar
  • Publication number: 20110089126
    Abstract: A holder assembly of the present invention includes a rail body and at least one holder. The holder is slidably disposed in a rail of the rail body, and it includes a base and a controller. The controller is axially movable between a first position and a second position with respect to the base and is rotatable about a rod body of the base, so as to selectively hold a socket thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventor: DAVID HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20110084039
    Abstract: An organizer for surgical instruments and the like comprising a T-shaped plastic body defining an interior channel having two inlets and an outlets, a cover for the channel which may be hingedly attached to the body or connected by way of snap fittings. A plurality of split cylinder instrument holders are mounted to the top surface of the cover in side-by-side parallel relationship to receive and hold elongate instruments or tools with flexible tubes, hoses or cables gathered and held in the body channel. Two-sided tape may be used to secure the organizer to a surgical drape. The organizer is preferably packaged in a sterile condition inside of a hermetically-sealed plastic package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: PROGRESSIVE DYNAMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael W. WALTERS, Jeffrey L. CORNELL, David R. MEAD, Michael S. SMITH
  • Patent number: 7922013
    Abstract: A tool device is disclosed to include a hollow upright pivot shaft, coupling rings rotatably mounted on the hollow upright pivot shaft at different elevations, and support arms respectively coupled to the coupling rings and turnable with the respective coupling rings about the hollow upright pivot shaft, each support arm having a plurality of open receiving chambers respectively vertically cut through the top and bottom walls thereof for holding hand tools, each open receiving chamber having a front opening, a top opening connected to the top open side of the front opening, and a bottom opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Steelworks Hardware, LLC
    Inventors: Chanwa Nguy, Pei-Ying Lin
  • Publication number: 20110056898
    Abstract: An under hood service tray is provided that includes a vertical member attached to a tray and a base. The base is rendered mobile through a plurality of castors and has first and second longitudinally extending legs and a laterally extending leg located between and attached to both the first and second longitudinally extending legs. The pair of longitudinally extending legs and the laterally extending leg define an opening capable of receiving at least a portion of a tire attached to an automobile therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventor: Patrick Foley
  • Publication number: 20110056897
    Abstract: A tool rack has a slide rack and multiple hangers. The slide rack has a baseboard and an elongated rail protruding from the baseboard. The multiple hangers are slidably mounted on the rail of the slide rack, and each has a hanging body and a hanging shaft. The hanging body is made by injection molding and slidably connected to the rail of the slide rack and has a protruding side and a connecting mount. The connecting mount protrudes from the protruding side of the hanging body and has an inserting hole formed in the connecting mount. The hanging shaft is metal and has an inserting end and a bent end. The inserting end has an engaging head mounted in the inserting hole and surrounded by the connecting mount. The bent end is opposite to the inserting end and bent upward for hanging a hand tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventor: Jui-Chien KAO
  • Publication number: 20110049069
    Abstract: A tool rack has a slide rack and multiple hangers. The slide rack has a baseboard and an elongated rail protruding from the baseboard. The multiple hangers are slidably mounted on the rail of the slide rack, and each has a hanging body and a hanging shaft. The hanging body is made by injection molding and slidably connected to the rail of the slide rack and has a protruding side and a connecting mount. The connecting mount protrudes from the protruding side of the hanging body and has an inserting hole formed in the connecting mount. The hanging shaft is metal and has an inserting end and a bent end. The inserting end is mounted in the inserting hole and surrounded by the connecting mount. The bent end is opposite to the inserting end and is bent upward for hanging a hand tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventor: JUI-CHIEN KAO
  • Publication number: 20110049064
    Abstract: A woodworking clamp storage apparatus provides storage and organization for one or more woodworking clamps. The storage apparatus stores the clamps in a manner that allows for convenient accessibility while protecting the clamps from damage. The storage apparatus organizes the clamps so that woodworking projects may be completed more efficiently. In one embodiment, the storage apparatus comprises an upper and lower support having two or more openings. The upper and lower support may be attached to one or more side supports. A stop may be located below the lower support. Woodworking clamps may be inserted through the openings of the upper and lower support and be held off the ground by the stop. The clamps may be held substantially vertically to allow easy accessibility. A variety of shaped openings may be used to categorize or organize the woodworking clamps in the storage apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventor: Wayne Stokes
  • Patent number: 7896174
    Abstract: An accessory tray for a pressure washer. The accessory tray of some embodiments has an accessory supporting portion for supporting and/or storing accessories of the pressure washer. The accessory supporting portion has a concave surface, which allows the accessories to be supported substantially normal to the ground regardless of the relative angle between the accessory tray and the ground. Some embodiments also have a flexible cantilevered member positioned above a portion of the accessory tray to trap an accessory against the accessory tray. Some embodiments can have a hose hook that supports and stores a hose of the pressure washer. The hose hook has a concave shape to allow the hose to be supported substantially normal to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Briggs and Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Gilpatrick, Daniel D. Monty, James L. Welch
  • Publication number: 20110042333
    Abstract: A combination is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the combination includes a suspension bar, a tool holder adapted for attachment to the suspension bar, a hook device for suspending an object and a fastening device which enables the hook device to be releasably attached to the suspension bar. In at least one embodiment, the fastening device includes a first and a second portion for retaining engagement with the web of the suspension bar and its respective flanges. The first portion forms the upper portion of the fastening device, when mounted, to which portion the hook device is fixedly attached either directly or indirectly. The second portion of the fastening device is pivotally attached to the first portion by way of a joint, which, with the tool holder in its mounted state, is oriented parallel with and located between the flanges of the suspension bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Elfa International AB
    Inventors: Reine Magnusson, Rolf Henriksson, Joachim Wenstrom, Peter Nilsson
  • Publication number: 20110036790
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vertical tool rack storage device which includes a hollow upright pivot shaft, a plurality of flat tool racks for holding tool bits and parts, and a plurality of connectors for pivotally coupling the flat tool racks to the hollow upright pivot shaft for enabling the tool racks to be arranged in a stack and individually turnable about the hollow upright pivot shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Steelworks Hardware, LLC
    Inventors: Chanwa Nguy, Pei-Ying Lin
  • Patent number: 7882965
    Abstract: A hand tool holder has a base and multiple holding elements. The base has a hanging seat and a track. The track protruding from the hanging seat. Each holding element has a sliding block, a protrusion, an extending board, a mounting stub, a shaft mount and a hanging shaft. The sliding block is mounted on the track. The protrusion protrudes from the sliding block. The extending board protrudes from the protrusion. The mounting stub protrudes from the extending board. The shaft mount protrudes from the protrusion, is opposite to the mounting stub and has an inserted block located on a bottom of the shaft mount. The hanging shaft is metal, is wrapped in the inserted block by injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
  • Publication number: 20110011813
    Abstract: A tool suspension assembly has a base and multiple tool holders. The base is elongated and has a back board and a rail. The rail is elongated and is longitudinally formed on the back board. The tool holders are slidably mounted on the rail and each has a clamp, a tool mount and two oblique guiding tabs. The clamp is mounted slidably on the rail. The tool mount is tubular, is connected to the clamp and has a C-shaped cross section, a first part and at least one second part. The C-shaped cross section makes the tool mount having an opening. The at least one second part has a thickness smaller than that of the first part. The oblique guiding tabs are respectively and obliquely formed on and protruding from two sides of the opening of the tool mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 7866490
    Abstract: A method for storing and protecting a garden trimmer includes mounting the trimmer horizontally on a rack and enclosing the power head of the trimmer in a rigid box enclosure at the forward end of the rack with the shaft and trimmer head projecting rearwardly outside of the box enclosure and being open and accessible from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Inventor: William B. Bellis, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7861871
    Abstract: A hand tool rack has an elongated base bracket, multiple clamping elements, two hangers and a lock. The base bracket has a baseboard and a rail bracket. The rail bracket is detachably mounted on the baseboard. The clamping elements are movably mounted on the rail bracket of the base bracket. The hangers are movably mounted on the base bracket and each hanger has two mounting arms and a hanging arm. The mounting arms of the each hanger are clamped on the baseboard. The hanging arm is formed with the mounting arms of the hanger for hanging on a tool cart. The lock is detachably connected to the base bracket to provide a burglarproof effect and has a display clamp and a container clamp. The display clamp has a display panel and a catching bracket. The container clamp has a container panel and a container casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
  • Publication number: 20100320162
    Abstract: A screwdriver holder has a base and a holding bar. The base has a protrusion, a bottom board, a hanging seat and at least one hanging hole and may have multiple insert holes. The protrusion protrudes from the bottom board. The hanging seat is formed on or protruded along an edge of the bottom board. The at least one hanging hole is defined through the hanging seat. The multiple insert holes of the base are defined through the protrusion and the bottom board. The holding bar has a bottom surface or a side surface attached to the protrusion. The holding bar may have multiple pairs of aligned insert holes or multiple insert holes aligned with the insert holes of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 7845501
    Abstract: A device to be mounted permanently or removably to the side wall of a rolling tool cart for the carrying of tools and other shop paraphernalia such as extension cords, solder rolls, masking tape, and hand tools. The device has a peripheral rectangular frame of four framing segments, which frame is integrated with and surrounds a forwardly raised portion with an inclined surround interposed there between. The panel has a series of rows and columns with ?-inch spaced bores for the conventional mounting of tools and other shop items. The top of the frame has a flange that fit over a lip of a rolling tool cart. Two legs, vertically adjustably mounted outside of the central portion on the side framing, each have a bottom flange to engage a downward depending edge of a tool cart side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: GMF Labs
    Inventors: Gary L Fosburg, Mark A. Fisher
  • Publication number: 20100300996
    Abstract: A hand tool rack has an elongated base bracket and multiple clamping elements. The base bracket has a baseboard and a rail bracket. The rail bracket is formed on and protrudes from the baseboard. The clamping elements are movably mounted on the rail bracket and each clamping element has a clamping arm and a tool mount. The clamping arm is slidably mounted and clamps on the rail bracket and has two holders. The tool mount is formed on and protrudes from the clamping arm and has a tool hole, a mounting slit and two recesses. The tool hole is formed through an upper surface and a lower surface of the tool mount. The mounting slit is formed through the upper surface, a front surface and the lower surface of the tool mount and communicates with the tool hole. The recesses are respectively formed in the sidewalls of the tool mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 7841480
    Abstract: A socket holding device includes a peg component, a holding component, a positioning component, and a spring component. The peg component has a pin portion formed with a recess. The holding component has an insert portion that is movable between first and second positions relative to the pin portion. The insert portion has an outer peripheral wall that permits sleeving of a socket on the holding component. The insert portion is formed with a retainer hole that is registered with the recess. The positioning component is movably disposed in the retainer hole. The positioning component and the recess are configured such that the positioning component projects from the outer peripheral wall for interference engagement with the socket when the holding component is at the first position, and such that the positioning component permits removal of the socket when the holding component is at the second position. The spring component biases the holding component to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Inventor: Chih-Chien Hsieh
  • Patent number: 7837033
    Abstract: A magnetic storage device and a method of assembling the device are disclosed. The magnetic storage device includes a tray, a base and a magnetic member. The tray has a lower surface with a hollow area, and an upper surface. The upper surface has an upwardly extending member with a plurality of cavities formed therein. Each cavity is configured to enable one of a plurality of products to be at least partially retained therein. The base is designed to engage with the tray to completely enclose the hollow area. The magnetic member is sized and configured to be positioned within the hollow area. The magnetic member is capable of exerting a magnetic attraction to temporarily retain the plurality of products in the cavities and exerts a magnetic attraction through the base to releasably attach the magnetic storage device to a magnetically attractive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: All About Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Schein, Brent J. Grinwald
  • Publication number: 20100276380
    Abstract: An equipment rack system, in accordance with one embodiment, comprising an outer rack support tube; a first receiving member coupled to the outer support tube; an inner locking tube positioned within the outer support tube, the inner locking tube including a first tube latching member; and a first equipment shaft block adapted to fit with the first receiving member, the first equipment shaft block including a latching slot that engages with the first tube latching member when the inner locking tube is in a locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: GREEN TOUCH INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: David D. Sargent
  • Patent number: 7815058
    Abstract: A tool rack includes a frame having two sidewalls and two slots are defined through the two sidewalls. A plurality of first recesses are defined in the frame and a rod having second recesses is connected between the two sidewalls. A restriction member is connected to the frame and two distal ends of the restriction member are movably engaged with the slots of the frame. The restriction member includes third recesses which are located in alignment with the first recesses so that the tools are engaged with the first, second and third recesses. A stop plate extends from a distal end of an inside of each third recess so as to prevent the tools from disengaging from these recesses. When shifting the restriction member, the stop plates are moved away from the first recesses so that the tools can be picked out from the tool rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventor: Chin-Shun Cheng
  • Publication number: 20100258515
    Abstract: A tool rack comprises a main body; a tool holding section including a plurality of longitudinal tool holding elements defining a plurality of tool holding supports for retaining tools; and a flexible member adapted for slide along an upper side of the tool holding section and across the tools for firmly retaining the tools on the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Infar Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tai Hung CHEN
  • Publication number: 20100252512
    Abstract: This invention discloses a set of tool rack which can particularly place multiple wrenches. It is mainly comprised of a main frame, a front cover panel and two locking members. The main frame includes an axial rod, a connecting plate and two side plates. The axial rod provides the openings of the wrenches to hold on. Each side plate includes a guiding slot and a locking hole. The guiding slot starts from the rear end of the side plate, extended around the axis of the axial rod, and then ends to the front end of the side plate. Between the two side plates are multiple receiving recesses for the shanks of the wrenches to be engaged. The front cover panel includes a cover plate and two curved side plates having protruding columns inserted over the guiding slot so that the cover plate is moveable along the guiding slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventor: Chin-Shun Cheng
  • Patent number: 7806548
    Abstract: A multifunctional and portable magnetic light assembly includes a magnetic base section with a unitary and single body provided with a planar bottom surface and a power cable provided with an adaptor removably mated directly thereto. The assembly further includes a power-operated light-emitting source electrically mated to the power cable and directly coupled to the base section in such a manner that the light-emitting source is selectively adjustable along an arcuate path oriented above the base section. The light emitting source further includes an anchor shaft and an illuminable light source. The assembly further includes a mechanism for removably securing a plurality of existing hand tools to the base section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Inventor: Sergio Ayala
  • Publication number: 20100243840
    Abstract: A surgical holding arm has a plurality of holding arm members which are coupled to one another and a tensioning device for tensioning the holding arm members against one another. The tensioning device is designed in such a manner that the holding arm can be brought from an operative position, in which the holding arm members are tensioned against one another so as to be immovable, into an adjusting position, in which the holding arm members can be moved relative to one another. The holding arm can be brought, in addition, into a cleaning position, in which adjacent holding arm members can be moved away from one another further than in the adjusting position. Furthermore, a surgical holding device is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Markus Nesper, Dieter Weisshaupt, Matthias Wand
  • Patent number: 7802680
    Abstract: According to the invention, a tool holder system having a tool holder with an extension and retraction device, in particular a reel, by means of which a cable, to which a tool can be fastened, is extendable and automatically retractive, is characterized by the fact that the tool holder can be detachably fastened by means of an attaching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: ZYRUS Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. Patente I KG
    Inventors: Kolja Krebs, Roberto Stein
  • Patent number: 7798336
    Abstract: A magnetic tool storage rack includes a main rack body having a positioning wall, and a magnetic assembly. The magnetic assembly includes a fixing unit and a magnet unit. The fixing unit is installed on the positioning wall and is made from a non-magnetic material. The fixing unit defines a receiving space, and has an opening formed in one side opposite to the positioning wall and in spatial communication with the receiving space. The magnet unit includes at least two magnet components, each of which is disposed in the receiving space, has a wall contacting part that extends through the opening in the fixing unit, and is movable linearly in the receiving space in directions toward and away from the positioning wall of the main rack body to result in a variable length of the wall contacting part that extends through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Inventor: Hsuan-Sen Shiao
  • Patent number: 7780017
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vertical tool rack storage device which includes a hollow upright pivot shaft, a plurality of flat tool racks for holding tool bits and parts, and a plurality of connectors for pivotally coupling the flat tool racks to the hollow upright pivot shaft for enabling the tool racks to be arranged in a stack and individually turnable about the hollow upright pivot shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Steelworks Hardware, LLC
    Inventors: Chanwa Nguy, Pei-Ying Lin
  • Publication number: 20100206826
    Abstract: An outdoor storage rack includes a set of supports mounted to a base through a respective hinge assembly such that said rack is movable between an extended and a stored position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Neil Edwards, Beth Tinsley, Courtnee Mullins
  • Publication number: 20100200527
    Abstract: A merchandising rack for displaying a plurality of four-way lug wrenches is described, comprising, a plurality of ribs connected to each other; a plurality of upward support elements, for restraining a four-way lug wrench from moving downwardly and laterally; and a plurality of downward support elements, for restraining a first arm of the wrench from moving upwardly, laterally, and from moving away from the rack; and a plurality of stubs positioned to restrain the wrench from rotating about an axis extending along the first arm of the wrench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: ALLTRADE TOOLS LLC
    Inventors: Hector Ray Hernandez, Hung-Wen Lee
  • Publication number: 20100193454
    Abstract: A display hanger is provided to display a tool on a display rack. The display hanger includes a tab and socket. The hanger is configured to couple with the socket and the socket is configured to couple with a portion of the tool. The hanger and the socket are received within a hole in the portion of the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Anthony Thompson, Scott Opsahl
  • Patent number: 7762510
    Abstract: An assembly comprising a frame comprising a top portion and a bottom portion, the top portion being configured to removably couple a motor assembly portion of a handsaw, and the bottom portion being configured to fixedly couple a structure. A method of affixing a handsaw to a structure that includes removably coupling a motor assembly portion of the handsaw to a structure using an assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Inventor: Randy Eller
  • Patent number: 7757867
    Abstract: A tool storage rack is adapted for retaining a plurality of tool heads therein, and includes a positioning seat and a base seat coupled to the positioning seat. The positioning seat has a top wall, a surrounding wall extending downwardly from the top wall, and a plurality of spaced apart positioning holes formed in the top wall. The base seat has a base wall connected to the surrounding wall, and a plurality of positioning units formed on the base wall at positions corresponding respectively to the positioning holes. Each of the positioning units includes a pair of spaced apart positioning plates that extend upwardly from the base wall, and a pair of protrusions formed respectively at the positioning plates and adapted to abut against an internal wall surface of a tool head when the latter is sleeved on the positioning unit via a corresponding one of the positioning holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Inventor: Chih-Chien Hsieh
  • Patent number: 7753216
    Abstract: A tool suspension device has a base bracket and multiple clamps. The base bracket has a baseboard and a rail bracket. The rail bracket is formed securely on the baseboard and has a rail and two longitudinal grooves. The rail has multiple detents formed in a front surface of the rail. The clamps are slidably mounted on the rail in pairs. Each clamp has two hooks and an arm. The hooks are respectively mounted slidably in the longitudinal grooves of the rail. The arm is formed on and protrudes out from the hooks and has a jaw recess, a mounting recess and a boss. The mounting recess is formed in the arm and corresponds to one of the detents in the rail. The boss is mounted in the mounting recess and engages the corresponding detent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 7748544
    Abstract: A wall organization rack with detachable, convertible hooks that may be used in garages, utility rooms, shops, retail establishments, residential basements, sheds, etc. The system comprises a horizontal crossbar support rack member and a plurality of different support hooks that engage a variety of objects. The support hooks comprise a specialized attachment end that allows the user to attach and remove the support hook from the crossbar by hand quickly and efficiently without the use of special tools. When attached, the support hook can withstand a substantial downward force. The user can change the support hooks as desired in order to space the hooks to efficiently accommodate each particular tool or group of tools, such as when new tools are purchased or replaced or stored during different seasons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Production Plus Corp.
    Inventor: Daniel E. Davitz
  • Publication number: 20100163502
    Abstract: A wrench rack includes a main body, a mounting frame mounted on the main body, a plurality of locking units mounted on the mounting frame, a plurality of wrenches mounted on the mounting frame and detachably locked onto the locking units respectively, and a plurality of magnetically attractive members mounted on the main body. Thus, the main body is attached to a metallic surface on a working place by the magnetically attractive members to facilitate a user identifying and operating the wrench rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Maan-Jyi Chang
  • Patent number: 7735645
    Abstract: A magnetic tool organizing system including a base substrate having an inner base substrate area, a base substrate front surface and a base substrate rear surface; at least one magnetic element positioned at least partially within the inner base substrate area. In one embodiment, a cover element, including a rim portion, is positioned adjacent the at least one magnetic element, and the rim portion of the cover element is at least partially embedded within an area of the base substrate In another embodiment, the magnetic element is embedded in the inner base substrate area. Methods of manufacturing a magnetic tool organizing system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Mag Clip Corporation
    Inventors: James C. Joyce, Ronnie D. Kisner, Robert C. Hazzard
  • Publication number: 20100133213
    Abstract: A suspension display rack for hand tools has a rail and multiple sliding blocks. The rail has a back-strip and two hooks. The hooks are formed on the back strip and each hook has a longitudinal groove. Each sliding block has a base, two cylindrical slides and a seat. The cylindrical slides are respectively received in the grooves so that the hand tools can be hung on the sliding blocks to transversely slide along the rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventor: Jui-Chien KAO
  • Patent number: 7722515
    Abstract: A module storage rack is disclosed e.g. a probe rack suitable for use with a carrier e.g. a probe measurement head which is movable relative to the rack for picking a module from the rack. The rack includes a base member and a plurality of storage ports connected to the base for storing the modules, each port has an actuatable connecting or disconnecting tool for connecting or disconnecting a module to or from the carrier, and each storage port is movable relative to the base member the relative movement provides the actuation of the tool. The plurality of storage ports are movable together relative to the base. Additionally, there is disclosed a linkage having a plurality of pivotally interconnected rigid members being connected to the tool for causing the tool to connect or disconnect the module to or from the carrier. The linkage may be operated by movement of the rack or by alternative mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Renishaw plc
    Inventors: David Roberts McMurty, Geoffrey McFarland, Stephen James Trull
  • Patent number: 7717277
    Abstract: A tool organizer is disclosed for supporting and organizing a variety of tools. The tool caddy includes a circular base that rests upon a lazy susan bearing, allowing 360 degree rotation of the tool caddy. The tool caddy includes shaped openings in the circular base for storing tools such as sockets, a central raised platform for resting larger tools, and a drawer beneath the central raised platform for storing smaller parts and tools. There are screwdriver holders at the end of the drawer and a bridge above the central raised platform for storing additional tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Inventor: Christopher L. Meinhardt
  • Patent number: 7717278
    Abstract: A tool suspension device has a base bracket, multiple clamping elements and multiple sliding elements. The base bracket has a baseboard and a rail bracket. The rail bracket is formed on the baseboard and has an inner rail and an outer rail. The clamping elements are mounted slidably on the rail bracket and each has two clamps in pairs. Each clamp is mounted slidably on the outer rail and has two hooks and an arm. The hooks are mounted slidably in the outer rail. The arm is formed with the hooks and has a mounting hole. The sliding elements are mounted slidably in the rail bracket, are connected to the clamping elements and each has two sliding plates and two adjusting bolts. The sliding plates are mounted in the inner rail. The adjusting bolts are mounted in the mounting holes and connected to the sliding plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 7694832
    Abstract: A suspension display rack for hand tools has a rail and multiple sliding blocks. The rail has a back-strip and two hooks. The hooks are formed on the back strip and each hook has a longitudinal groove. Each sliding block has a base, two cylindrical slides and a seat. The cylindrical slides are respectively received in the grooves so that the hand tools can be hung on the sliding blocks to transversely slide along the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao