Socket Holder

• US 20080128370A1
• Filed: 12/01/2006
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tsai-Chien Shih
• Original Assignee: Tsai-Chien Shih
• Inventors: Shih, Tsai-Chien
• Granted Patent: US 8,205,758 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 211/70.6
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/0028 with one compartment or recess for each article A47F7/0035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 3/003 Holders for drill bits or the like

Abstract

A holder is provided for holding sockets. The holder includes a body, a lateral cover and a locking device. The body includes a lateral plate and a plurality of inserts extended from the lateral plate. Each of the inserts can be inserted in a first recess defined in one of the sockets. The lateral cover is pivotally connected to the body and formed with a plurality of bosses. Each of the bosses can be inserted in a second recess defined in a related one of the sockets. The locking device is used to lock the lateral cover to the body, thus locking the sockets in the holder.

Claims

1. A holder for holding sockets, the holder comprising:

a body comprising a lateral plate and a plurality of inserts extended from the lateral plate, wherein each of the inserts can be inserted in a first recess defined in one of the sockets;

a lateral cover pivotally connected to the body and formed with a plurality of bosses, wherein each of the bosses can be inserted in a second recess defined in a related one of the sockets; and

a locking device for locking the lateral cover to the body, thus locking the sockets in the holder.

2. The holder according to claim 1 wherein the body defines a plurality of recesses for receiving the sockets.

3. The holder according to claim 1 wherein the body defines an opening for receiving an object secured to a wall so that the holder can be hung on the wall.

4. The holder according to claim 1 wherein the body defines a recess, and the lateral cover comprises a pivot inserted in the recess for pivotally connecting the lateral cover to the body.

5. The holder according to claim 1 wherein the body defines a recess for receiving the locking device.

6. The holder according to claim 5 wherein the locking device comprises an arch for insertion into the recess.

7. The holder according to claim 6 wherein the body comprises a ridge formed on an upper face of the recess, and the arch comprises a ridge for engagement with the ridge of the body.

8. The holder according to claim 7 wherein the arch comprises an upper member and a lower member extended from the upper member, and the ridge of the arch is formed on the upper member.

9. The holder according to claim 8 wherein the locking device comprises a groove defined in the upper member of the arch and a tongue extended from the lower member of the arch so that the tongue is trapped in the groove after the tongue is pivoted into the groove.

10. The holder according to claim 8 wherein the tongue comprises a chamfered portion for sliding against the upper member of the arch on the way into the groove.

11. The holder according to claim 8 wherein the locking device comprises a button formed on the upper member of the arch.

12. The holder according to claim 1 comprising a pin, wherein the body defines an aperture, and the lateral cover defines a groove for receiving the pin inserted through the aperture.