The disclosure relates to tool storage devices and more particularly to an improved tool storage device for allowing a user to organize and store tools while working on a scissor lift.
An embodiment of the invention meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a panel having a front surface and a back surface. A flange is coupled to the panel. The flange and the back surface form a channel configured to receive a handrail of a scissor lift to support the panel on the scissor lift. A lower shelf has a lower end, an upper end and a peripheral wall extending between the upper and lower ends. Each of the lower end, the upper end and the peripheral wall define an interior space of the lower shelf. The lower shelf is attached to and extends outwardly from the front surface. A plurality of openings is positioned in the lower shelf. Each of the openings provides access into the interior space wherein each of the openings is configured to receive a tool therein.
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, an improved tool storage device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.
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An upper shelf 40 is attached to and extends outwardly from the front surface 14 of the panel 12. The upper shelf 40 has a bottom 42 and a perimeter wall 44. The perimeter wall 44 is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom 42. The perimeter wall 44 includes a pair of side walls 46 and a front wall 48. The front wall 48 of the upper shelf 40 is attached to and extends between the side walls 46 of the upper shelf 40. The bottom 42 may extend a full length between the first 22 and second 24 lateral edges. The upper shelf 40 is positioned horizontally with respect to the panel 12. The bottom 42 may be constructed from a mesh material 50, such as wired mesh or the like. The upper shelf 40 may be used to store nuts, bolts and like materials. Thus, it should be understood that openings in the mesh material 50 are small enough to retain the materials on the bottom 42 of the upper shelf 40.
A lower shelf 52 is attached to and extends outwardly from the front surface 14 of the panel 12. The lower shelf 52 has a lower end 54, an upper end 56 and a peripheral wall 58 attached to and extending between the upper 56 and lower 54 ends. The peripheral wall 58 includes an uppermost edge 60, a lowermost edge 62, a pair of side walls 64 and a front wall 66. The front wall 66 of the lower shelf 52 is coupled to and extends between the side walls 64 of the lower shelf 52. The uppermost edge 60 may extend above the upper end 56. Each of the lower end 54, the upper end 56 and the peripheral wall 58 defines an interior space 68 of the lower shelf 52. The lower end 54 does not extend the full length between the first 22 and second 24 lateral edges of the panel 12. Preferably, the first 22 and second 24 lateral edges of the panel are equidistant from the lower end 54, at a distance of 1 inch to 4 inches. The lower shelf 52 is positioned horizontally with respect to the panel 12. The lower end 54 may be constructed from a mesh material 50, such as wired mesh or the like. The front wall 66 of the lower shelf 52 may extend outwardly from the front surface 14 a greater distance than the front wall 48 of the upper shelf 52 extends outwardly from the front surface 14. In addition, the front wall 66 of the lower shelf 52 may slant outwardly from the panel 12 such that a distance between the uppermost edge 60 and the front surface 14 of the panel 12 is greater than a distance between the lowermost edge 62 and the front surface 14 of the panel 12. The bottom edge 20 of the panel 12 may extend downwardly below the lower end 54 of the lower shelf 52.
A plurality of openings 70 is positioned in the lower shelf 52. The openings 70 may extend into the upper end 56 of the lower shelf 52. Each of the openings 70 provides access into the interior space 68 of the lower shelf 52 wherein each of the openings 70 is configured to receive a tool 72 therein. The openings 70 may include annular-shaped openings, rectangular-shaped openings, or the like.
A plurality of fasteners 74 selectively engaging the flange 26 and the panel 12 wherein the plurality of fasteners 74 are configured to releasably retain the handrail 36 within the channel 34. The plurality of fasteners 74 each include a nut 76 and a bolt 78. The bolt 78 is conventional and has a head 80 coupled to a shaft 82. The head 80 is extendable through the panel 12 wherein the head 80 is configured to abut the front surface 14 of the panel 12. The shaft 82 is extendable through the second section 30 of the flange 26. The nut 76 is positionable on a distal end 84 of the shaft 82 with respect to the head 80 and is configured to abut an outer surface 86 of the second section 30. The shaft 82 is configured to extend below and abut a bottom surface 88 of the handrail 36.
A plurality of couplers 90 arranged vertically, said plurality of couplers proximate to and parallel to the first 22 and second 24 lateral edges of the panel 12 for selectively engaging the panel 12 and the handrail 36 wherein the plurality of couplers are configured to releasably retain the handrail 36. The couplers comprising of a nut and a bolt, hook and loop fasteners, tie fasteners, or other coupling means generally known in the art.
Each of the panel 12, the upper shelf 40, the lower shelf 52 and the flange 26 may be constructed from plastic, metal or the like. The panel 12 may have a height between approximately 50.0 centimeters and 80.0 centimeters and a length between approximately 75.0 centimeters and 155.0 centimeters. The upper shelf 40 may have a depth between approximately 6.5 centimeters and 12.0 centimeters, while the lower shelf 52 may have a depth between approximately 12.5 centimeters and 18.5 centimeters.
In use, as stated above and shown in the Figures, tools 72 are positioned in the openings 70 of the lower shelf 72, while nuts, bolts and the like are positioned in the upper shelf 40. The flange 26 is attached to the handrail 36 of the scissor lift 38 so that the channel 34 receives the handrail 36 and supports the panel 12 on the scissor lift 38. The plurality of fasteners 74 extended through each of the panel 12 and the flange 26 to releasably retain the handrail 36 within the channel 34. The plurality of couplers 90 engage the panel 12 and the handrail 36 securing the tool storage device 10 to the scissor lift to prevent movement of the tool storage device 10 in the event of windy conditions. Thus, the assembly 10 provides a user with a location to store tools 72 and other materials while working on a scissor lift 38. In this manner, the tools 72 and materials are readily accessible to the user and create less of a likelihood that the user will drop, break or lose the tools 72 and materials. After use, the assembly 10 can be removed from the scissor lift 38 by disengaging the fastener 74 from the flange 26.
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 element.
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