Tool tray

• US 6,038,984 A
• Filed: 09/01/1998
• Issued: 03/21/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rodney T. Freitag
• Original Assignee: Rodney T. Freitag
• Inventors: Freitag, Rodney T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Jose V.
• Application Number:
  US09/145,001
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• Field of Search: 108/44, 108/45, 108/47, 108/42, 224/42.26, 224/42.29, 224/42.12, 224/42.13, 297/100.18, 297/135
• US Class Current: 108/44
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 3/06 Trays
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 5/00 Tool, instrument or work supports or storage means used in association with vehicles; Workers' supports, e.g. mechanics' creepers collecting or removing exhaust gases in workshops B08B15/002; vehicle lifting devices, e.g. jacks, platforms or ramps B66F

Abstract

A tool tray for detachably mounting to the top of a vehicle tire having a rectangular bottom panel with opposing lateral sides and opposing front and rear sides extending upward from the bottom panel. A pair of resilient straps are mounted to the tray and extend downward from the lateral opposing sides of the bottom panel and bowing outward for detachably engaging the lateral outward bowed sides of the tire tray in complementary relation. A pair of adjustable plates are mounted to the front and rear of the tray and are adjustable downward below the bottom panel for engagement with the longitudinal circumference tread of the tire to accommodate the longitudinal curvature of the tire to prevent the tray from tilting to the front or to the rear on the tire.

Claims

1. A tool tray having a bottom panel and front and rear panels extending upward from front and rear of the bottom panel and opposing lateral side panels with an open top, a pair of resilient straps mounted on opposite portions of the bottom panel with their upper ends and with their lower ends extending downward from the tray in opposing lateral relation, said straps having lateral outward bowed intermediate portions for engaging a vehicle tire having outward bowed side portions when the tray is positioned on the tops of the tire to secure the tray to the tops of the vehicle tire, said tray having front and rear adjustment panels mounted to the front and rear panels of the tray and adjustable upward and downward at the front and rear of the tray relative to the bottom of the tray to firmly engage the tire along its tread to the front and rear of the tray to prevent the tray when mounted to the tire from tilting toward the front or toward the rear.

2. A tool tray for mounting to a vehicle tire in which the tire has a circular longitudinal extending tread portion with lateral opposing sides, said tray having a bottom panel with lateral opposing sides extending upward from the lateral opposing edges of the bottom means, resilient strap means extending downward from the lateral opposing sides of the bottom panel of the tray for engaging the lateral sides of the tire, said tray having means along its front and rear extending downward from the bottom panel adjacent the front and rear of the tray for engaging the tire longitudinally along its circular tread at the front and rear of the tray to prevent the tray from tilting to either the front or to the rear relative to the tire when mounted on the tire.

3. A tool tray for mounting to a vehicle tire in which the tire has a circular longitudinal extending tread portion with outward bowed side portions, said tray having a bottom panel with front and rear sides extending upward from the bottom panel adjacent its front and rear, and lateral opposing side panels extending upward from the lateral opposing sides of the bottom panel resilient strap means extending downward from the lateral opposing sides of the bottom panel of the tray and bowing outward to detachably engage in complementary relation the lateral outward bowed portion of the tire to secure the tray to the tire said tray having spaced means along its front and rear, respectively, to engage the tire longitudinally to prevent front or rear tilting of the tray.