Patent ID: 7726719
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A portable tool storage container for use in a bed of a pickup truck for assisting a user to efficiently store and easily transport tools to and from a work area, said tool storage container comprising: a body including vertically stacked top, middle, and bottom sections respectively; said top section including a base with a lid pivotally attached thereto, said base defining a hollow cavity therein, said lid fully enclosing said cavity when said lid is biased forwardly and downwardly toward said base; said middle section being disposed below said top section, said middle section being monolithically formed with said top section and having a top surface defining a bottom surface of said top section; said bottom section being disposed below said middle section, said bottom section being monolithically formed with said middle section and having a top surface defining a bottom surface of said middle section; each of said top, middle and bottom sections including isolated compartments for housing objects therein; means for independently locking said compartments such that selected ones of said compartments may be accessed while remaining ones of said compartment are locked; and means for transporting and supporting said body along a ground surface when said body is removed from the pickup truck bed, said body transporting and supporting means further supporting said body in a substantially horizontal position above a ground surface when said body is removed from the pickup truck bed, said body transporting and supporting means being attached to a bottom surface of said body; wherein said top section further comprises