Tool caddy

• US 4,667,822 A
• Filed: 12/27/1985
• Issued: 05/26/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: George J. Coopmans
• Original Assignee: George J. Coopmans
• Inventors: Coopmans, George J.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ehrhardt, Brenda J.
• Application Number:
  US06/813,847
• Time in Patent Office: 515 Days
• Field of Search: 206/373, 206/223, 206/372, 206/377, 206/376, 206/488, 206/489, 206/490, 206/509, 312/DIG. 33, 312/348, 312/333, 312/117, 211/60.1, 211/69, 211/70.1, 211/70.8
• US Class Current: 206/373
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 3/02 Boxes
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 3/04 Racks

Abstract

Replaceable panels with small openings for locating tools are positioned in a horizontal plane by guideways in the housing of a tool caddy. Vertical partition panels are secured by the horizontal panels, which are locked in place by pins engaging the housing. The entrance to the horizontal guideways is accessible at the back of the housing.

Claims

1. A tool caddy having a housing and means providing openings for receiving portions of particular tools, wherein the improvement comprises:

a plurality of substantially horizontal panels on said housing each having a relatively large opening, said panels forming a stepped configuration from lower to higher from front to rear;

guideway means disposed in a substantially horizontal plane and accessible from the rear of said housing and extending to a position below each of said relatively large openings; and

a plurality of locating plates each having relatively small openings, said plates being receivable in said guideway means, respectively, to occupy an area directly below said relatively large openings.

2. A tool caddy as defined in claim 1, additionally including vertical guideway means fixed with respect to said housing on opposite sides of at least one of said relatively large openings, and at least one partition plate receivable in said vertical guideway means and extending across the space defined by the vertically-projected area of said one relatively large opening, said partition plate having the upper edge thereof disposed below said locating plate.

3. A tool caddy as defined in claim 1, wherein said housing and locating plate have aligned holes adjacent the periphery of said relatively large openings, and additionally including removable pin means traversing said holes to lock said locating plates in position in said housing.

4. A tool caddy as defined in claim 1, including a plurality of guideway means disposed in vertically spaced horizontal planes below said first-mentioned guideway means, respectively, and also including at least one imperforate plate receivable in one of said guideway means to form a floor above said imperforate plate.