Patent ID: 11857064
Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A tool attachment system, comprising:
a receiver configured to attach to a belt of a user, the receiver comprising a channel and a locking hole;
a tool attachment device configured to be releasably coupled to the receiver, the tool attachment device comprising:
a body comprising a front surface and a rear surface;
a locking mechanism protruding past the rear surface of the body and into the locking hole of the receiver when the locking mechanism is in a locked position; and
a disk mating structure protruding outward from the rear surface of the body;

wherein the disk mating structure is configured to slidably engage the channel of the receiver;
a pouch coupled to the body of the tool attachment device, the pouch configured to support a tool; and
an actuator coupled to the tool attachment device;
wherein the channel of the receiver is sized to slidably receive the disk mating structure such that the tool attachment device is supported from the receiver;
wherein the actuator is configured to move the locking mechanism from the locked position to an unlocked position when a force is applied to the actuator, and wherein, in the unlocked position, the locking mechanism is moved out of the locking hole in the receiver and the tool attachment device is allowed to move relative to the receiver such that the disk mating structure slides upward and out of the channel of the receiver to release the tool attachment device from the receiver.