Tool box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11213941-B2
Application number	US-201716077863-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2017
Priority date	Mar 4, 2016
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

Provided is a toolbox with a base container, at least two covers displaceable over the top opening of the base container and at least two locking arrangements extending at an upper portion of the base container.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tool box comprising:
a base container having a base portion and configured with upright extending side walls defining a top opening of the base container, the base and the side walls defining together the container's interior;
at least two covers displaceable over the top opening of the base container between a closed position where the at least two covers coextend and cover the top opening, and an open position where at least one of the at least two covers is displaced away from an at least one other cover of said at least two covers and at least partially exposes the containers' interior to allow access thereto, each cover of the at least two covers comprising a free edge and a mating edge; and
at least two locking arrangements extending at an upper portion of the base container, disposed at opposite upright sidewalls of the base container,
each of the covers having a first hook-like member and a second hook-member, each disposed at said opposite upright sidewalls,
each of the at least two locking arrangements having a lever-operated loop link, the loop link of one of the at least two locking arrangements being configured for selectively arresting one or both of the first hook-like members, and the loop link of the other one of the at least two locking arrangements being configured for selectively arresting one or both of the second hook-like members; such that when both covers are at the closed position, each of the loop-links is configured for arresting both of the respective hook-like members.

2. The toolbox of claim 1 , being configured to be transportable.

3. The toolbox of claim 1 , further comprising:
a locomotive arrangement disposed toward a lower portion of said container assembly; and
at least one handle for transporting said transportable box on said locomotive arrangement.

4. The toolbox of claim 3 , wherein the locomotive arrangement comprises at least one pair of wheels fitted near or at a bottom of the base container and a manipulating handle articulated with the base container.

5. The toolbox of claim 3 , wherein the handle is manipulable between a stowed position and a locomoting position, in which it extends from the tool box to facilitate its locomotion.

6. The toolbox of claim 3 , wherein a pair of wheels is provided at a bottom side edge of the base container, and the handle is extractable from an opposite top side edge of the base container.

7. The toolbox of claim 3 , wherein the handle comprises two side arms interconnected by a grip portion, wherein the side arms are slidably retained along respective top front and rear edges of the base container, and wherein the grip portion is substantially parallel to the respective top side edge such that at the retracted position it is flush with the base container.

8. The toolbox of claim 1 , wherein the covers are displaceable by a rail system fitted at the top edges of the base container.

9. The toolbox of claim 1 , wherein the covers are displaceable by a parallel link type mechanism, linking each of the covers to the base container.

10. The toolbox of claim 1 , wherein the covers are slidably secured to the base container by a pair of drawer-type slides to allow a firm support of the compartmented covers at the fully open position.

11. The toolbox of claim 1 , wherein, at the closed position, the covers mate about a center of the base container.

12. The toolbox of claim 1 , wherein, at the open position, the covers are fully displaceable from the top opening of the base container, to thereby facilitate full access to the container's interior.

13. The toolbox of claim 1 , wherein covers are compartmented covers, optionally provided with lids covering storage compartments therein.

14. The toolbox of claim 13 , wherein the respective lids are locked when the compartmented covers are at the closed position.

15. The toolbox of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the locking arrangements is configured for receiving a lock to prevent unauthorized opening of the tool box and access to its compartments or interior.

16. The toolbox of claim 1 , wherein the locking arrangements are positioned at the mating edges of the covers.

17. The toolbox of claim 1 , wherein the covers are further lockable at their top surface one respective the other.

18. The toolbox of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the covers is provided at its mating edge with an elastic seal.

Assignees

• Keter Plastic Ltd

Inventors

• Brunner Yaron

Classifications

• B62B1/22

  involving means for grappling or securing in place objects to be carried; Loading or unloading equipment · CPC title

• B25H3/023 Primary

  movable relative to one another for access to their interiors · CPC title