Ron Anderson

US Patent:

48198471, Apr 11, 1989

Filed:

Mar 14, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/037989

Inventors:

Ron Anderson - Mesa AZ

Assignee:

Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX

International Classification:

A45F 500

US Classification:

224252

Abstract:

A specialized carpenter's tool holder adapted to hold a carpenter's speed square onto a wearer's belt. The holder consists of a holding portion, a locking mechanism, a support backing for the holding portion and a spring clip for attaching the holder onto the wearer's belt. Specifically, the holding portion is configured from a single strip of metal configured to form a generally triangular-shaped member. The triangular-shaped member further consists of a pair of co-planar members forming the apex of the triangular-shaped member and a base member which is outwardly displaced from the plane of the co-planar members and joins each of the pair of co-planar members to form the base angles of the triangular-shaped member. The base member is configured into a T-shape to engage the T-shaped edge of the carpenter's speed square when the tool is inserted into the holder. A locking mechanism is provided by skewing the ends of the cross-member portion of the T-shaped base member to increase frictional binding of the holder on the speed square.