Toolbox

• US 6,131,740 A
• Filed: 02/28/2000
• Issued: 10/17/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wen-Kuo Huang
• Original Assignee: Wen-Kuo Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Wen-Kuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Gehman, Bryon P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BUI, LUAN KIM
• Application Number:
  US09/514,902
• Time in Patent Office: 232 Days
• Field of Search: 206/372, 206/373, 206/374-379, 206/751, 206/752, 206/45, 206/20, 206/769, 206/774, 206/775, 206/45.23, 206/756, 206/759, 211/60.1, 211/69, 211/70.6
• US Class Current: 206/759
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 3/003 Holders for drill bits or the like

Abstract

A notebook type toolbox includes a casing and a cover pivotally connected to and releasably engaged with the casing. The casing includes shaped grooves for receiving tools and a handle. A bottom of the casing includes two pivotal sections in two ends thereof, respectively. Each of two lower corner areas of the casing is cut to form a space. Each of two lateral walls of the casing includes an end face facing the space. The cover has two lateral sides with a view opening therebetween. Each lateral side has a pivotal section pivotally engaged with an associated pivotal section on the casing. The cover is pivotable to a first position for engaging with the casing in which the tools can be viewed via the view opening and a second position that supports the casing in an inclined status in which the end faces rest on an outer side of the cover.

Claims

1. A toolbox comprising a casing and a cover pivotally connected to and releasably engaged with the casing, the casing including a plurality of shaped grooves for receiving tools and a handle, the casing including a bottom having two first pivotal sections formed on two ends thereof, respectively, each of two lower corner areas of the casing being cut to form a space, each of two lateral walls of the casing including an end face facing the space, the cover having two lateral sides with a view opening therebetween, each lateral side having a second pivotal section pivotally engaged with an associated said first pivotal section on the casing, thereby allowing relative pivotal movement between the cover and the casing, the cover being pivotable to a first position for engaging with the casing in which the tools are viewed via the view opening and a second position that supports the casing in an inclined status in which the end faces rest on an outer side of the cover.

2. The toolbox as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pivotal sections of the casing are two holes in two lateral end faces of the bottom, respectively, and the pivotal sections of the cover are pintles pivotally received in the holes.

3. The toolbox as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover is substantially U-shape and has two arms.

4. The toolbox as claimed in claim 3, wherein each of two lateral sides of the casing has a recess in a lower portion thereof for receiving an associated said arm of the cover when the casing is engaged with the cover.

5. The toolbox as claimed in claim 4, wherein an end wall defining each said recess has an engaging member formed thereon, and the cover has two engaging members for releasably engaging with the engaging members on the casing.

6. The toolbox as claimed in claim 3, wherein each said end face includes a first engaging portion, and wherein each said arm further includes a second engaging portion configured to releasably engage with the first engaging portion of the casing when the casing is supported in the inclined status.

7. The toolbox as claimed in claim 1, wherein the casing has a handle pivotally attached thereto, the casing further including a recessed portion in a rear side thereof for receiving the handle.