Tool holder for an electric drill

• US 6,065,658 A
• Filed: 07/02/1998
• Issued: 05/23/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Richard Makoto Hashimoto
• Original Assignee: Richard Makoto Hashimoto
• Inventors: Hashimoto, Richard Makoto
• Primary Examiner(s): Vidovich, Gregory M.
• Application Number:
  US09/110,427
• Time in Patent Office: 691 Days
• Field of Search: 224/191, 224/162, 224/600, 224/603, 224/623-627, 224/638, 224/645, 224/646, 224/250, 224/235, 224/236, 224/254, 224/259, 224/262, 224/904, 224/911, 206/38, 42/94
• US Class Current: 224/647
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 3/14 Carrying-straps; Pack-carrying harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/00 Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/904 Tool holder carried by belt

Abstract

An apparatus for holding an electric drill that is worn by a user is described as including a pair of shoulder straps that pass over opposite shoulders of the user and which attach to a belt that is worn about the waist of the user at the front and back of the user. The belt is adjustable about the waist of the user. A holster is attached to one of the pair of shoulder straps intermediate the waist and one of the opposite shoulders of the user that is adapted to receive the electric drill therein. An optional wrap-around strap further secures the electric drill in the holster when it is not in use and an optional tether that is attached at one end to the tool holder and at a remaining end to the electric drill are provided as desired. An optional accessory pouch is attached to the one of the pair of shoulder straps opposite to where the holster is attached. An optional adjustable center strap is attached to each of the pair of shoulder straps and is disposed intermediate thereto in the front of the user. According to a modification the pair of shoulder straps include a hook and a loop fastener attached thereto at each end thereof which permit attachment of the pair of shoulder straps to a tool belt or to a convention type of a belt that worn about the waist of the user and is used to hold up a pair of trousers.

Claims

1. A tool holder for an electric drill to be worn by a user, comprising:

(a) a first strap having a first end and an opposite second end, said first strap adapted to be disposed over a first shoulder of said user and extending down to a location proximate a waist of said user;

(b) a holster adapted to receive said electric drill therein, said holster disposed on said first strap intermediate said first shoulder and said waist of said user;

(c) a waist belt adapted to be disposed around said waist of said user and wherein said first end and said second end of said first strap includes means for attaching to said waist belt;

(d) a wrap-around strap attached at one end thereof to said holster that is adapted for passing around said drill when said drill is inserted in said holster and including means for detachably attaching a remaining end of said wrap-around strap to said holster;

(e) a second strap having a first end and a second end that each include second means for attaching to said waist belt, said second strap adapted to be disposed over a second shoulder of said user; and

(f) a tether that is attached at one end thereof to said second strap and is adapted to be attached to said drill at a remaining end thereof;

whereby said user is able to readily insert said electric drill into said holster and is able to readily remove said electric drill from said holster.

2. The tool holder for an electric drill of claim 1 wherein said means for detachably attaching a remaining end of said wrap-around strap to said holster includes a snap-fastener, a portion of which is attached to said holster and a remaining portion of which is attached to said wrap-around strap.

3. The tool holder for an electric drill of claim 1 wherein said means for detachably attaching a remaining end of said wrap-around strap to said holster includes a hook and loop fastener, a portion of which is attached to said holster and a remaining portion of which is attached to said wrap-around strap.

4. The tool holder for an electric drill of claim 1 wherein said first means for attaching includes at least one button attached to said waist belt and first button hole in said at least one strap.

5. The tool holder for an electric drill of claim 1 wherein said first means for attaching includes a hook portion of a hook and loop fastener that is attached proximate to said first end and a loop portion of a hook and loop fastener that is attached proximate to said first end a predetermined distance from said hook portion, whereby said first end is adapted to be placed partially around the waist belt that is disposed around said waist of said user whereby said hook portion is adapted to make contact and cooperate with said loop portion, whereby said hook and loop fastener is adapted to secure said first end of said first strap to said waist belt.

6. The tool holder for an electric drill of claim 1 wherein said first means for attaching includes a hook portion of a hook and loop fastener that is attached proximate to said second end and a loop portion of a hook and loop fastener that is attached proximate to said second end a predetermined distance from said hook portion, whereby said second end is adapted to be placed partially around the waist belt that is disposed around said waist of said user whereby said hook portion is adapted to make contact and cooperate with said loop portion, whereby said hook and loop fastener is adapted to secure said second end of said first strap to said waist belt.

7. The tool holder for an electric drill of claim 1 including an adjustable center strap disposed intermediate said first strap and said second strap, said adjustable center strap limiting the maximum separation of said first strap from said second strap.

8. The tool holder for an electric drill of claim 1 including an accessory pouch that is attached to said second strap intermediate said waist and said second shoulder.

9. The tool holder for an electric drill of claim 1 including a center support strap that is attached at a first end to said first strap and is attached at a second distal end to said second strap and which is adapted to pass around a back of said user intermediate said waist and said shoulder of said user.

10. The tool holder for an electric drill of claim 1 wherein said first strap and said second strap each include a wider portion intermediate said first and second ends where said first strap and said second strap are adapted to respectively pass over said first and said second shoulders of said user.

11. The tool holder for an electric drill of claim 10 wherein each said wider portion includes a padding.