Patent ID: 6024218
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: B25H

Abstract:
A storage/display box for elongated objects, the box comprising:a hollow base having a pair of parallel and spaced side walls and a horizontal floor extending between the pair of side walls;a cover pivotal on the base between a closed position closely engaged over the base and an open position standing upward therefrom;a holder fittable in the box, adapted to hold at least one of the objects, and having a pair of side walls juxtaposed with the respective side walls of the base;means including a pivot pin seated in one of the pairs of side walls for pivoting of the holder between a down end position wholly received in the base and an up end position projecting upward therefrom and through an intermediate position between the down and up positions, the holder extending generally vertically in the intermediate position;means including a guide formed in the other pair of side walls, extending transversely of the floor, and receiving the pin for movement of the pin and of the one pair of side walls vertically relative to the other pair of side walls on pivotal movement of the holder between the down and up end positions while substantially preventing horizontal movement of the pin relative to the one pair of side walls; andmeans including a cam on the holder engageable with the floor for displacing the holder upward and away from the floor on movement from either of the end positions into the intermediate position and for displacement of the holder downward and toward the floor on movement from the intermediate position into either of the end positions.