Combo kit and method of providing a combo kit

• US 20050044051A1
• Filed: 08/22/2003
• Published: 02/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation (Techtronic Industries Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation (Techtronic Industries Company Limited)
• Inventors: Horan, Shaun, Selby, David A., Kirby, Michael W.
• Application Number:
  US10/646,610
• Publication Number:
  US 20050044051A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/500
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 5/00 Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

Combo kits and methods for providing a combo kit. In some aspects, the method of providing the power tool combo kit provides the economic benefit of purchasing power tools in a combo kit while providing the flexibility of purchasing power tools individually. The method may include the acts of the provider providing an available group including multiple power tools of various tool models. The customer may review the available group and provide a desired group or customer selection indicating the requested power tools to be included in the combo kit. The method may further include the provider receiving the desired request from the customer including multiple power tools from the available group. The provider selects a selected group including multiple power tools from the available group. The selected group matches the desired request. The provider provides the combo kit including the selected group having multiple power tools.

Claims

1. A method for providing a power tool combo kit from a provider to a customer, the method comprising the acts of:

providing an available group including multiple power tools of various tool models;

receiving a desired request from the customer of multiple requested power tools from the available group;

selecting a selected group of multiple selected power tools from the available group, the selected group corresponding to the desired request; and

providing the combo kit including the selected group of multiple selected power tools.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the act of providing the combo kit further comprises the act of providing a carrying case having sufficient space to store the selected power tools.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least two of the selected power tools in the selected group are cordless power tools, and wherein the act of providing the combo kit further comprises the act of providing a battery charger and at least one rechargeable battery compatible with the battery charger, at least one of the selected cordless power tools being compatible with the battery.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first-mentioned battery is incompatible with another of the selected cordless power tools, and a second battery is compatible with the other of the selected cordless power tools and incompatible with the at least one of the selected cordless power tools, the battery charger being operable to charge the first battery and the second battery.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected group includes at least two power tools of the same tool type.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the selected group includes at least two power tools of the same tool model.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the available group include both cordless power tools and corded power tools.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the combo kit is a single purchase unit.

9. A method for providing a power tool combo kit, the method comprising the acts of:

providing an available group including multiple power tools of various tool models;

selecting a selected group including multiple selected power tools from the available group, the selected group including multiple power tools of the same tool type; and

providing a combo kit to the customer, the combo kit including the selected group.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the selected group includes at least two power tools of the same tool model.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein at least two of the power tools in the selected group are cordless power tools, and wherein the act of providing the combo kit further comprises the act of providing a battery charger and at least one rechargeable battery compatible with the battery charger, at least one of the selected cordless power tools being compatible with the battery.

12. The method of claim 11, the act of providing the combo kit further comprising the act of providing a carrying case having sufficient space to store the selected tools, the battery charger, and the battery.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the combo kit is a single purchase unit.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises the act of receiving a desired request from a customer of multiple requested power tools from the available group, and wherein the selected group corresponds to the desired request.

15. A method for providing a power tool combo kit from a provider to a customer, the method comprising the acts of:

providing an available group including multiple cordless power tools of various tool models;

receiving a customer request of multiple requested power tools from the available group;

providing a selected group of multiple selected power tools in response to the customer request, the selected group corresponding to the customer request; and

providing a combo kit including the selected group, a battery charger, and a battery compatible with the battery charger, the battery being compatible with at least one of the cordless power tools to power the at least one of the cordless power tools of the combo kit.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the selected group includes at least two power tools of the same tool type.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the selected group includes at least two power tools of the same tool model.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the combo kit is a single purchase unit.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the combo kit includes the first-mentioned battery and a second battery, the first-mentioned battery being compatible with a first cordless power tool of the selected group and being incompatible with a second cordless power tools of the selected group, the second battery being compatible with the second cordless power tool and being incompatible with the first cordless power tool, the battery charger being operable to charge the first battery and the second battery.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein a third cordless power tool of the selected group is compatible with both the first battery and the second battery.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein the available group includes corded power tools and cordless power tools.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the customer request includes corded power tools and cordless power tools.

23. A method for providing a power tool combo, the method comprising the acts of:

providing an available group including multiple cordless power tools of various tool models;

selecting a selected group of multiple selected power tools from the available group, the selected group including at least two power tools of the same tool type; and

providing a combo kit including the selected group, a battery charger, and at least one rechargeable battery compatible with the battery charger, the battery being compatible with at least one of the cordless power tools in the available group.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the selected group includes at least two power tools of the same tool model.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the combo kit is a single purchase unit.

26. The method of claim 23, further comprising the act of receiving a customer request of multiple requested power tools from the available group, the selected group corresponding to the customer request.

27. A method for providing a power tool combo kit from a provider to a customer, the method comprising:

providing an available group of multiple power tools;

selecting a selected group including multiple selected power tools from the available group;

providing a combo kit including the selected group, the combo kit being a single purchase unit; and

determining a price of the single purchase unit in response to the multiple selected power tools in the selected group.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the act of providing a combo kit includes providing a battery charger and at least one rechargeable battery compatible with the battery charger, at least one of the selected power tools being compatible with the battery.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the selected group includes at least two power tools of the same tool type.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the selected group includes at least two power tools of the same tool model.

31. The method of claim 27, wherein the available group includes multiple sub-groups, each sub-group including multiple power tools, the act of determining the price of the single purchase unit being in response to the sub-group from which each of the selected tools are selected.

32. The method of claim 27, wherein each of the sub-groups include power tools of various tool models.

33. A combo kit comprising:

a first power tool of a first tool type; and

a second power tool of the first tool type.

34. The combo kit of claim 33, wherein the first power and the second power tool are the same tool model.