Patent ID: 6679404
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: A45F,B25H,Y10S

Abstract:
A tool-toting device and tool for connection to a belt which is commonly worn generally horizontally circumferentially about the waist of a tradesman which comprises:a tool having an elongated handle with a flat surface and a substantially transverse head portion extending outward from said flat surface of said handle at a generally uniform bend, said head terminating in a slotted opening; a support backing connectable as part of the belt having a pair of laterally spaced generally vertically slot surfaces to receive the belt; and a tool support spring clip having a first side-spring clip portion having a first end and second end and which is connected to said support backing, a second generally and parallel horizontally disposed side-spring clip with respect to the belt having a first end and second end and which is laterally spaced from said first side-spring clip portion and with said respective first ends generally adjacent to one another, and said second spring-clip portion having a flat surface for disposal adjacent said flat surface of said handle, said flat surface of said spring clip surface being part of a pair of surfaces of said device which oppose said flat surface of said handle and are of a complementary configuration thereto and form a tool holding area, an arcuate spring clip portion interconnecting said first ends and configured with a sufficient spring force constant to bias said second end of said second horizontally disposed side-spring clip portion toward said support backing thus forming said enclosed tool holding area for said handle whereby insertion of said handle may be easily inserted and removed by applying an opening force in a manner that said second end of said second horizontally disposed side-spring clip portion displaces the same away from the support backing, and wherein said second generally horizontally disposed side-spring clip portion has an upper edge which is configured to remain generally parallel with respect to the belt such that when the handle is held by said second generally horizontally disposed side-spring clip portion, said upper edge extends along said bend of said handle to maintain said head above said edge and in a manner such that said handle is maintained generally perpendicular to said upper edge thus providing said tool in an upright position.