Patent Application
20240051114
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The present application generally relates to a toolset organizer that organizes wrenches.
Toolboxes often contain various tools, however, often become somewhat unorganized. Although wrench trays, racks, or compartment slots facilitate organization of tools, these devices may be bulky and waste space within the toolbox.
A toolset organizer according to one disclosed non-limiting embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first polygonal section adjacent the first flange along the axis. A further embodiment of any of the foregoing embodiments of the present disclosure includes a first male interface adjacent to the first polygonal section along the axis, the first male interface sized to fit within a female interface formed through a second flange and at least partially into the second male connector body of the second connector along the axis. A further embodiment of any of the foregoing embodiments of the present disclosure includes that the first polygonal section is sized to receive a first box-end wrench.
A further embodiment of any of the foregoing embodiments of the present disclosure includes a first polygonal section adjacent the first flange along the axis.
A further embodiment of any of the foregoing embodiments of the present disclosure includes a first male interface adjacent to the first polygonal section along the axis, the first male interface sized to fit within a female interface formed through a second flange and at least partially into the second male connector body of the second connector along the axis.
A further embodiment of any of the foregoing embodiments of the present disclosure includes, wherein the first polygonal section is sized to receive a first box-end wrench.
A further embodiment of any of the foregoing embodiments of the present disclosure includes a second male polygon section connector body adjacent the second flange of the second connector along the axis, the second male polygon section connector body is sized to receive a second box-end wrench, the second male polygon section connector body different than the first male polygon section connector body.
A further embodiment of any of the foregoing embodiments of the present disclosure includes a polygon end cap adjacent the first flange along the axis.
A further embodiment of any of the foregoing embodiments of the present disclosure includes that the polygon end cap forms a dome covering the first flange, the first female interface of the polygon end cap has ridges that seamlessly and comfortably snaps onto the ridges of a first male interface of the first connector.
A further embodiment of any of the foregoing embodiments of the present disclosure includes, wherein the polygon end cap snaps onto multiple connectors starting with the first connector.
A further embodiment of any of the foregoing embodiments of the present disclosure includes that the multiple connectors that snap together away from the polygon end cap progressively and proportionately taper off in size.
A further embodiment of any of the foregoing embodiments of the present disclosure includes that the multiple connectors' polygonal sections and are sized to receive a box-end wrenches that progressively and proportionately taper off in size.
The foregoing features and elements may be combined in various combinations without exclusivity, unless expressly indicated otherwise. These features and elements as well as the operation thereof will become more apparent in light of the following description and the accompanying drawings. It should be appreciated that however the following description and drawings are intended to be exemplary in nature and non-limiting.
Various features will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of the disclosed non-limiting embodiment. The drawings that accompany the detailed description can be briefly described as follows:
The first connector 24 is exemplary of each of the connectors and generally includes a first male interface 24a, a first male polygon section connector body 24b adjacent to a second flange 24c along axis A. The first male polygon section connector body 24b may be specific to the tool such as a hexagonal wrench. A second female interface 24d is formed through the second flange 24c and at least partially into the first male polygon section connector body 24b to receive and retain a second male interface 26a of a second connector 26 along the axis. The corresponding male and female interfaces may be formed as, for example, a complimentary truncated conical section, a complimentary cylindrical section, or other geometric configuration which provide a mating interface.
Although the first connector 24 is exemplary of each of the connectors, a connector may be a polygon end cap 22 that need not include the male interface portion. The connector polygon end cap 22 may include a first flange 22c along axis A to define a first female interface 22d to receive and retain the first male interface 24a of a first connector 24 along the axis A.
The first male polygon section connector body 24b may be sized to receive a first box-end wrench 50, where the first box-end wrench 50 is placed onto the first male polygon section connector body 24b, so that the first box-end wrench 50 is retained between the first flange 22c and second flange 24c.
The second male interface 26a is sized to fit within the first female interface 22d formed through a second flange 24c and at least partially into the second male polygon section connector body 26b of the second connector 26 along the axis A. The second male polygon section connector body 26b is adjacent to the second flange 24c of the second connector 26 along the axis A, the second male polygon section connector body 26b is sized to receive a second box-end wrench 52, where the second male polygon section connector body 26b is different than the first male polygon section connector body 24b. The third through ninth connectors of the illustrated embodiment follow the same pattern as described above.
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The female and/or male interfaces include ridges or other friction including features to facilitate retention along the axis A as well rotation about axis A. In one embodiment, the first female interface ridges 70 and first male interface ridges 72 in this embodiment are defined about the axis A. The first male interface ridges 72 interface with the first female interface ridges 70 such that the connectors essentially “snap” together. Once the connectors are snapped together, a tool may be retained axially between each pair of connectors on the respective polygonal section but may also be individually rotated with respect to other tools.
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Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the description of the invention and the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
Unless otherwise indicated, all numbers expressing quantities of dimensions such as length, width, height, and so forth as used in the specification and claims are to be understood as being modified in all instances by the term “about.” Accordingly, unless otherwise indicated, the numerical properties set forth in the specification and claims are approximations that may vary depending on the desired properties sought to be obtained in embodiments of the present invention. Notwithstanding that the numerical ranges and parameters setting forth the broad scope of the invention are approximations, the numerical values set forth in the specific examples are reported as precisely as possible. Any numerical values, however, inherently contain certain errors necessarily resulting from error found in their respective measurements.
While various inventive aspects, concepts and features of the general inventive concepts are described and illustrated herein in the context of various exemplary embodiments, these various aspects, concepts, and features may be used in many alternative embodiments, either individually or in various combinations and sub-combinations thereof.
Unless expressly excluded herein all such combinations and sub-combinations are intended to be within the scope of the general inventive concepts. Still further, while various alternative embodiments as to the various aspects, concepts, and features of the inventions (such as alternative materials, structures, configurations, methods, devices and components, alternatives as to form, fit and function, and so on) may be described herein, such descriptions are not intended to be a complete or exhaustive list of available alternative embodiments, whether presently known or later developed.
Those skilled in the art may readily adopt one or more of the inventive aspects, concepts or features into additional embodiments and uses within the scope of the general inventive concepts even if such embodiments are not expressly disclosed herein. Additionally, even though some features, concepts or aspects of the inventions may be described herein as being a preferred arrangement or method, such description is not intended to suggest that such feature is required or necessary unless expressly so stated. Still further, exemplary, or representative values and ranges may be included to assist in understanding the present disclosure; however, such values and ranges are not to be construed in a limiting sense and are intended to be critical values or ranges only if so expressly stated.
Moreover, while various aspects, features and concepts may be expressly identified herein as being inventive or forming part of an invention, such identification is not intended to be exclusive, but there may be inventive aspects, concepts and features that are fully described herein without being expressly identified as such or as part of a specific invention. Descriptions of exemplary methods or processes are not limited to inclusion of all steps as being required in all cases, nor is the order that the steps are presented to be construed as required or necessary unless expressly so stated.
