Patent Application
20230298792
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The disclosure relates to tool holders and more particularly pertains to a new tool holder for holding and organizing drill attachments. The present invention discloses a tool holder comprising a plate with imbedded magnets and a carabiner tethered to one corner, wherein the plate is configured to engage a plurality of ferromagnetic tools, such as drill attachments.
The prior art relates to tool holders. Prior art tool holders may comprise armbands, neckbands, and aprons, having incorporated magnets for holding tools. What is lacking in the prior art is a tool holder comprising a plate with imbedded magnets and a carabiner tethered to one corner.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a panel, which has opposed faces. A set of magnets is embedded in the panel. Respective magnets are configured to magnetically engage a ferromagnetic tool, such as a drill attachment, which is brought into proximity with a respective opposed face of the panel. The ferromagnetic tool thus is removably engaged to the panel. A fastener is engaged to the panel and is configured to selectively engage an article worn by the user, such as a beltloop, belt, backpack, or the like. The fastener thus is configured to removably engage the panel to the article.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A set of magnets 16 is embedded in the panel 12. The set of magnets 16 comprises from one to twenty magnets 16. The set of magnets 16 may comprise from four to twelve magnets 16. The set of magnets 16 may comprise eight magnets 16, as shown in
A fastener 22 is engaged to the panel 12 and is configured to selectively engage an article worn by the user, such as a beltloop, belt, backpack, or the like. The fastener 22 thus is configured to removably engage the panel 12 to the article. The fastener 22 comprises a carabiner 24, as shown in
The tool holding device 10 also may comprise a tether 28, which is engaged to and which extends between the panel 12 and the fastener 22. The tool holding device 10 also may comprise a rod 30, which has opposed termini 32 that are engaged to the respective opposed end 26 of the panel 12 to define a loop 34. The rod 30 extends substantially coplanarly from the panel 12 proximate to a respective corner 36 of the panel 12, as shown in
In use, a plurality of ferromagnetic tools 18, such as a plurality of drill attachments 20, is engaged to the panel 12 by the magnets 16. The carabiner 24 then is fastened to a beltloop of pants worn by the user. The panel 12 and the ferromagnetic tools 18 can be stowed in a pocket of the pants when not in routine use. When the ferromagnetic tools 18 are needed, the panel 12 and the ferromagnetic tools 18 are pulled from the pocket and allowed to hang by the circular rope 38 from the carabiner 24 and the beltloop, where the ferromagnetic tools 18 are readily accessible to the user.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
