STORAGE HOLDER FOR SCREWDRIVER BIT

• US 20110094910A1
• Filed: 04/23/2009
• Published: 04/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Stanley Works (Europe) GMBH (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Stanley Works (Europe) GMBH (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nardin, Emmanuel, Fleury, Antoine, Regentete, Nicolas
• Application Number:
  US12/989,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20110094910A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/372
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 3/003 Holders for drill bits or the like

Abstract

The storage holder (18, 19) for at least one screwdriver bit (12A, 12B) comprises:—a body (20, 21) constructed with at least one housing (22, 23) for receiving the or each bit (12A, 12B) in a storage position in which the or each bit (12A, 12B) is stored and locked in a first orientation;—and retention means for retaining the or each bit (12A, 12B) in the associated housing in its storage position. The retention means are fixed relative to the body (20, 21) and are capable of retaining the or each bit (12A, 12B) in a grasping position which is not the same as the storage position, the relative orientation of the or each bit (12A, 12B) in its grasping position being different from the first orientation of the or each bit (12A, 12B).

Claims

1-13. -13. (canceled)

14. A storage holder for at least one screwdriver bit, the or each bit including a driving portion and a working head, the holder comprising:

a body including a base arranged with at least one housing, the or each housing being adapted to receive the or each bit in a storage position in which the or each bit is stored and locked on the base in a first orientation;

a retention part connected to the base, adapted to retain the or each bit positioned in the associated housing in its storage position;

the retention part being fixed in relation to the base of the body and being adapted to retain the or each bit in a grasping position that is adapted so that a user grasps the or each bit and that is different from the storage position, the relative orientation of the or each bit in its grasping position relative to the retention part being different from the first orientation of the or each bit,

wherein the support comprises an actuating part adapted to selectively move the or each bit from its storage position to its grasping position.

15. The storage holder according to claim 14, wherein, in the storage position of the or each bit, the retention part is adapted to cooperate with the or each bit by shape complementarity.

16. The storage holder according to claim 14, wherein, in the grasping position of the or each bit, the retention part is adapted to cooperate with the or each bit by friction.

17. The storage holder according to claim 14, wherein the retention part comprises flexible lugs, preferably made in a single piece with the base of the body, arranged on a first face of the base and adapted to elastically retain, in the storage position, the or each bit, in particular the driving portion of the or each bit, by elastic engagement, the lugs being arranged on either side of the associated housing at the or each bit.

18. The storage holder according to claim 14, wherein the base of the body comprises a second face opposite the first face, and in that the actuating part comprises a button that can be activated from the second face so as to selectively move the or each bit from its storage position to its grasping position.

19. The storage holder according to claim 14, wherein the actuating part comprises at least one flexible lever positioned on the base of the body, preferably made in a single piece with the base, the or each lever, associated with the or each housing, being provided with a plunger adapted to selectively move the or each bit from its storage position to its grasping position.

20. The storage support according to claim 14, wherein the actuating part comprises an opening extending opposite the or each bit and adapted to allow the passage of a user'"'"'s finger so as to directly and selectively move the or each bit from its storage position to its grasping position.

21. The storage holder according to claim 14, wherein the housings comprise a stop associated with the or each housing and adapted so that the associated bit bears against the stop during movement between the storage position and the grasping position of the or each bit.

22. The storage holder according to claim 21, wherein the stop comprises a protruding lip with a shape complementary to the beveled profile of the free end of the driving portion of a bit.

23. A storage box for a plurality of screwdriver bits, comprising first and second storage elements able to move in relation to each other between a closed storage position preventing access to an inner storage volume of the bits and an open position allowing access to said volume, wherein at least one of the first and second elements is a storage holder for at least one screwdriver bit, the or each bit including a driving portion and a working head, the holder comprising:

a body including a base arranged with at least one housing, the or each housing being adapted to receive the or each bit in a storage position in which the or each bit is stored and locked on the base in a first orientation;

a retention part connected to the base, adapted to retain the or each bit positioned in the associated housing in its storage position;

the retention part being fixed in relation to the base of the body and being adapted to retain the or each bit in a grasping position that is adapted so that a user grasps the or each bit and that is different from the storage position, the relative orientation of the or each bit in its grasping position relative to the retention part being different from the first orientation of the or each bit,

wherein the support comprises an actuating part adapted to selectively move the or each bit from its storage position to its grasping position, wherein the or each element comprises housings positioned inwardly in relation to the base of the or each element.

24. The storage box according to claim 23, wherein the first and second elements are rotatably hinged in relation to each other along an axis of rotation, and in that the second element is provided with a compartment for receiving a bit-holder tool, the compartment extending along the axis of rotation of the first and second elements.

25. The storage box according to claim 23, wherein one of the first and second elements comprises a tab adapted to suspend the box, the first and second elements preferably comprising first and second tabs, respectively, adapted to cooperate and keep the box locked in its closed storage position.