Donald J Perkins

US Patent:

D2648962, Jun 15, 1982

Filed:

Sep 24, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/078100

Inventors:

Donald R. Perkins - Natick MA

International Classification:

D0302

US Classification:

D 3 74

US Patent:

43031587, Dec 1, 1981

Filed:

Sep 24, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/077903

Inventors:

Donald R. Perkins - Natick MA

International Classification:

B65D 8520
A45C 512

US Classification:

206373

Abstract:

A tool box for small hand tools and associated items which opens up from the front as well as the top and which is provided with supporting elements for holding certain tools contained therein in an upright position. The tool box includes a bottom wall, a back wall, a pair of opposed side walls, a top cover which is hingedly connected at its back edge to the back wall and which is provided with a built-in storage compartment and a front cover which is hingedly connected at its bottom edge to a front plate and which includes a strip magnet on its inside surface on which can be mounted metal tools. A shelf having a plurality of holes into which can be inserted tools and suspended therein in an upright position is mounted inside the tool box near the top and a removable tray having adjustable compartments is seated on a shelf inside the tool box near the bottom. A pull-out drawer having adjustable compartments is located underneath the tray. The tool box lends iself to an orderly arrangement of the tools and items being stored.