Patent ID: 9643543
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B21D,B60R

Claim:
1. In a truck bed tool box or the like having a lid and a box portion to which the lid is mounted for pivoting movement, the improvement comprising: hinge means for structurally and functionally connecting the lid and the box portion of the tool box and having a first portion formed integrally of the lid and being formed of the same material as is the lid, the hinge means having a second portion formed integrally of the box portion, the second hinge portion being formed of the same material as is the box portion, the first and second portions of the hinge means being integral respectively with said lid and said box portion; and, a hinge pin carried by the first and second portions of the hinge means and about which portions of the first and second hinge portions rotate on relative movement between the lid and the box portion, thereby allowing pivoting movement of the lid relative to the box portion of the tool box.