Patent ID: 6237822
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: A45F,B25H,Y10S

Abstract:
A hand tool retaining device for retaining a hand tool having a handle and a head, the head having a base portion, a bulbous portion and a neck portion, the retaining device comprising:(a) an elongate backing element having a top end and a bottom end;(b) a base element disposed proximate to the bottom end of the backing element; and(c) an elongate guide element disposed along the backing element, the guide element having a first exterior side, an opposed second exterior side and an elongate slot which connects the first exterior side with the second exterior side, the slot having a top end, a bottom end, a width between about 1/2 inch and about 2 inches and an opening proximate to the top end of the slot for placing the head of a hand tool within the slot, the guide element being disposed along the backing element such that a hand tool can be disposed against the backing element with the head of the hand tool resting upon the base element, with the handle of the hand tool disposed parallel to and contiguous with the backing element, with the neck portion of the head of the hand tool disposed within the elongate slot of the guide element, with the base portion of the head disposed outside of the elongate slot along the first exterior side of the guide element and with the bulbous portion of the head disposed outside of the elongate slot alone the second exterior side of the guide element.