Portable combined toolbox and vacuum cleaner
First Claim
1. A portable combined toolbox and vacuum cleaner that has:
- a toolbox section that is sized to accommodate hand tools;
a vacuum cleaner section that has a vacuum source that draws material through an inlet;
a receptacle on the vacuum cleaner section in which the material is retained;
mounting walls on the toolbox section and on the vacuum cleaner section;
a top on the toolbox section that is hinged to a side on the toolbox section; and
mating connectors on the mounting walls that enable the vacuum cleaner section to releasably attach to an exterior surface of the toolbox section.
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Abstract
Mating connectors enable a vacuum cleaner section to be releasably attached to a toolbox section. The connectors include a downward-facing tongue that fits in a corresponding horizontal slot. The tongue has a vertical slot that corresponds with a vertical flange adjacent the slot. An interacting tab and slot prevent the vacuum cleaner section from being removed from the toolbox section when a closeable top on the toolbox section is closed. The two sections attach in a position in which upright side walls on the vacuum cleaner section align with the upright sides on the toolbox section, and an extended horizontal work surface is formed by portions of the hinged top on the toolbox section and the vacuum cleaner section. A handle on the vacuum cleaner section can form part of the horizontal work surface, which has parallel lateral grooves with co-linear segments on opposite sides of a recessed channel. A wheeled version has a handle hinged to a mount and a pocket that encircles and supports the vacuum cleaner section. Another version has a handle that retracts into the recessed channel and is arranged to support the top against the ground when the top is fully open.
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19 Claims
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1. A portable combined toolbox and vacuum cleaner that has:
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a toolbox section that is sized to accommodate hand tools; a vacuum cleaner section that has a vacuum source that draws material through an inlet; a receptacle on the vacuum cleaner section in which the material is retained; mounting walls on the toolbox section and on the vacuum cleaner section; a top on the toolbox section that is hinged to a side on the toolbox section; and mating connectors on the mounting walls that enable the vacuum cleaner section to releasably attach to an exterior surface of the toolbox section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A portable combined toolbox and vacuum cleaner that has:
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a toolbox section; a vacuum cleaner section that has a vacuum source that draws air through an inlet; a receptacle on the vacuum cleaner; a top on the toolbox section that is hinged to a side on the toolbox section and has an open and a closed position; mating connectors that are on the vacuum cleaner section and the toolbox section that enable the vacuum cleaner section to releasably attach to an exterior surface of the toolbox section wherein the vacuum cleaner section is prevented from disengaging from the toolbox section when the top of the toolbox is in the closed position.
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