Patent Application
20070290583
The drawings are provided to illustrate an apparatus used for some of the embodiments of the disclosure. It is envisioned that alternate configurations of the embodiments of the present disclosure maybe adopted without deviating from the scope of the disclosure.
A tool chest assembly 100 of the present disclosure in a set-up or open configuration is shown in
The lower/outer cabinet 102 in a closed or packed configuration is illustrated in
The top member 112 of the lower cabinet 102 is removed by releasing the nuts 114 and bolts 116 as illustrated in
A partition 150 is positioned within the front member 122, such that the lower interior cavity 156 is partitioned to accommodate the upper cabinet 104 during shipping or storage and to provide space for the one or more trays 128 positioned below the partition member 150 as illustrated in
The upper cabinet 104 has a top member 152 and a right side member 154. The upper cabinet 104 is configured to fit within the lower interior cavity 156 of the lower cabinet during shipping or storage. The upper cabinet 104 is removed from the partition 150 by removing the bolts 142 and the upper cabinet 104 is pulled upwards in a sliding fashion as illustrated in
The upper cabinet 104 has a hand recess 160 for handling the movement and installation of the upper cabinet 104. As illustrated in
During assembly, the upper cabinet 104 is lifted from the interior cavity of the lower cabinet and is positioned on top of the lower cabinet 102. After positioning the upper cabinet 104 on top of the top member 112, the two cabinets 102 and 104 are secured by bolts 114 and nuts 116.
As described in detail below, during shipping or storage, the upper/inner cabinet 104 of the tool chest 100 is positioned within the interior cavity 156 of the lower/outer cabinet 102. The top member 112 is removably coupled to the outer cabinet 102. During transport or storage, the inner cabinet 104 may be removably secured to the outer cabinet 102 by a plurality of bolts 142. The inner cabinet 104 is positioned within the outer cabinet 104 by lowering the inner cabinet 104 into the interior cavity 156 of the outer cabinet 102. Optionally, the inner cabinet 104 may be secured to the outer cabinet 102 by a plurality of bolts 142 to minimize lateral or vertical movement during transport. Then, the top member 112 is removably coupled to the outer cabinet 102 by a series of nuts 114 and bolts 116.
During disassembly or for setting up the tool chest 100, the top member 112 is removed from the outer cabinet 102. The inner cabinet 104 is lifted from the outer cabinet 102 by removing the bolts 142, if the bolts 142 are used to secure the inner cabinet 104. The top member 112 is coupled to the outer/lower cabinet 102. The inner/upper cabinet 104 is positioned on top of the top member 112 of the lower cabinet 102. The upper cabinet 104 is then secured to the lower cabinet 102 by a series of nuts 168 and bolts 166.
While embodiments have been illustrated and described in the drawing and foregoing description, such illustrations and descriptions are considered to be exemplary and not restrictive in character, it being understood that only illustrative embodiments have been shown and described and that all changes and modifications that come within the spirit of the disclosure are desired to be protected. The applicant has provided description and figures which are intended as illustrations of embodiments of the disclosure, and are not intended to be construed as containing or implying limitation of the disclosure to those embodiments. There are a plurality of advantages of the present disclosure arising from various features set forth in the description. It will be noted that alternative embodiments of the disclosure may not include all of the features described yet still benefit from at least some of the advantages of such features. Those of ordinary skill in the art may readily devise their own implementations of the disclosure and associated methods, without undue experimentation, that incorporate one or more of the features and/or steps of the disclosure and fall within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure and the appended claims.
