Toolbox

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9511491-B2
Application number	US-201314655504-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 24, 2013
Priority date	Dec 27, 2012
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

Provided is a toolbox including a base member, made of a substantially rigid material, having base side walls extending from a base bottom to a perimetric base rim, and defining together a base interior storage space, said base bottom and base side walls configured with a base interior surface and a base exterior surface; a cover member, made of a substantially rigid material, having a perimetric cover rim, a cover interior surface and a cover exterior surface, said cover rim corresponding in shape and size to fit said base rim; and a liner member having a liner interior surface and a liner exterior surface, said liner member being made of a rigid though pliable material. The liner member is configured to be received within and supported by the base member in a spaced apart relationship therebetween to allow the liner member to be deformed towards the base interior surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A toolbox, comprising:
a base member, made of a substantially rigid material, having base side walls extending from a base bottom to a perimetric base rim, and defining together a base interior storage space, said base bottom and base side walls configured with a base interior surface and a base exterior surface;
a cover member, made of a substantially rigid material, having a perimetric cover rim, a cover interior surface and a cover exterior surface, said cover rim corresponding in shape and size to fit said base rim; and
a liner member having a liner interior surface and a liner exterior surface, said liner member being made of a rigid though pliable material;
said liner member being configured to be received within and supported by the base member in a spaced apart relationship therebetween so as to allow the liner member to be deformed towards the base interior surface, and
wherein said liner member is configured to be received within the base member so that the liner exterior surface partially engages the base interior surface with one or more chambers formed therebetween, each of said chambers being configured with a chamber wall, constituted by a corresponding portion of the liner member, configured to be deformed towards the base interior surface, thereby reducing the volume of the respective chamber.

2. The toolbox according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of supports disposed between the liner member and the base member for providing the spaced apart relationship between the liner exterior surface and the base interior surface.

3. The toolbox according to claim 1 , wherein the liner member comprises a plurality of flexible legs extending out of the liner exterior surface, configured to lean on the base interior surface and to provide a support when a force is applied on the liner interior surface.

4. A toolbox, comprising:
a base member, made of a substantially rigid material, having base side walls extending from a base bottom to a perimetric base rim, and defining together a base interior storage space, said base bottom and base side walls configured with a base interior surface and a base exterior surface;
a cover member, made of a substantially rigid material, having a perimetric cover rim, a cover interior surface and a cover exterior surface, said cover rim corresponding in shape and size to fit said base rim; and
a liner member having a liner interior surface and a liner exterior surface, said liner member being made of a rigid though pliable material;
said liner member being configured to be received within and supported by the base member in a spaced apart relationship therebetween so as to allow the liner member to be deformed towards the base interior surface, and
wherein said liner is configured with a liner rim corresponding in shape and size to the base rim for securely resting thereon, so that in a closed position of the toolbox, the liner rim is clamped between the base rim and the cover rim, thereby sealing the toolbox.

5. The toolbox according to claim 1 , wherein the material of the liner member is at least one of the following: Polyethylene, and a combination of a Linear Low-Density (LLD) Polyethylene and a Low-Density (LD) Polyethylene, and wherein the material has a shore A hardness of from about 55 to about 100.

6. The toolbox according to claim 1 , wherein the cover member is further configured with cover side walls extending from a cover bottom to the perimetric cover rim, and defining together a cover interior storage space, the cover side walls and the cover bottom are configured with the cover interior surface and the cover exterior surface and
wherein the toolbox further comprises an additional liner member having an additional liner interior surface and an additional liner exterior surface corresponding in size and shape to the cover interior surface, so as to allow the cover member to receive the additional liner member therein.

7. The toolbox according to claim 1 , wherein the cover member is further configured with cover side walls extending from a cover bottom to the perimetric cover rim, and defining together a cover interior storage space, the cover side walls and the cover bottom are configured with the cover interior surface and the cover exterior surface and wherein the toolbox further comprises an additional liner member having an additional liner interior surface and an additional liner exterior surface corresponding in size and shape to the cover interior surface, so as to allow the cover member to receive the additional liner member therein, wherein the additional liner member is made of a rigid though pliable material.

8. The toolbox according to claim 7 , wherein the additional liner member is configured to be received within and supported by the cover member in a spaced apart relationship between the additional liner exterior surface and the cover interior surface so as to allow the additional liner member to be deformed towards the cover interior surface.

9. The toolbox according to claim 1 , further comprising a restricting mechanism configured to support the cover with respect the base member in an open position of the toolbox.

10. The toolbox according to claim 1 , further comprising a restricting mechanism configured to support the cover with respect the base member in an open position of the toolbox and wherein the restricting mechanism is configured to restrict the angle between the cover member and the base member in the open position of the toolbox.

11. The toolbox according to claim 1 , further comprising a restricting mechanism configured to support the cover with respect the base member in an open position of the toolbox wherein the restricting mechanism is configured with a stopping element having a pivoting portion pivotally received with a hinge portion of the cover member and at least one sliding end disposed within at least one corresponding recess formed within the base member and configured to slide within the recess between the open and the closed positions of the toolbox and wherein the recess within the base member has a longitudinal shape having a recess engagement portion on which the respective sliding end rests in the open position of the toolbox.

12. A toolbox, comprising:
a base member;
a cover member pivotally articulated to the base member,
the toolbox has an open position in which the base member is pivotally disengaged from the cover member and a closed position in which the base member is engaged with the cover member; and
a restricting mechanism configured to restrict the angle between the cover member and the base member in the open position of the toolbox and to support the cover with respect the base member in this position of the toolbox, and
wherein the restricting mechanism is configured with a stopping element having a pivoting portion pivotally mounted to a hinge portion of the cover member and at least one sliding end disposed within at least one corresponding recess formed within the base member, the sliding end is configured to slide within the recess between the open and the closed positions of the toolbox.

13. The toolbox according to claim 12 , wherein the restricting mechanism is configured with a stopping element having a pivoting portion pivotally mounted to a hinge portion of the cover member and at least one sliding end disposed within at least one corresponding recess formed within the base member, the sliding end is configured to slide within the recess between the open and the closed positions of the toolbox and wherein the recess has a longitudinal shape.

14. The toolbox according t

Assignees

• Keter Plastic Ltd

Inventors

• Brunner Yaron

Classifications

• B25H3/02 Primary

  Boxes · CPC title

• B25H3/022 Primary

  in fixed relationship · CPC title

• B65D25/18

  spaced appreciably from container wall · CPC title

• B65D43/16

  hinged for upward or downward movement · CPC title

• B65D43/24

  Devices for retaining in open position {(holding lids in open position in general E05C17/00; hinges with means for holding open E05D11/10)} · CPC title