Patent ID: 6213296
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: A45C,B25H,E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A tool container, comprising:at least two housing members pivotally coupled with one another for opening and closing with respect to one another, at least one housing member defining a cavity for receiving tools, said cavity defined by a base and a wall extending from said base, said wall having alternating wall dovetail recesses and wall dovetail tenons thereon; andan insert for retaining tools, said insert being secured in said cavity, said insert having alternating insert dovetail recesses and insert dovetail tenons thereon interlockingly engageable with said alternating wall dovetail recesses and wall dovetail tenons for securing said insert to said housing member, said insert including a plurality of tool-receiving recesses, each of said tool-receiving recesses including a cradle portion and at least a pair of tool-retaining finders on an opposite side from said cradle portion, each tool-receiving finger being of a split configuration with adjacent tool-retaining fingers on adjacent tool-receiving recesses being interconnected by a connecting wall, said split tool-retaining fingers resiliently engaging an elongated tool on an opposite side thereof from said cradle portion when said elongated tool is inserted into said tool-receiving recess.