Patent ID: 6591985
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: B25H

Abstract:
A toolbox, comprising:a box, including a top side with a handle furnished in a center thereof, a bottom side with a coupling member furnished in a center thereof, two opposing lateral sides, each extending from the top side to the bottom side, and each having a buckle furnished thereon, a rear surface having a slope formed in a region of the bottom side that tapers toward the coupling member, and that extends continuously from one of the lateral sides to another one of the lateral sides, and a front surface that opposes the rear surface, and having a plurality of grooves formed therein for holding tools; and a cover adapted to cover the front surface of the box, and having an opening that allows the grooves to be exposed when the cover is closed, the cover further including a top side, a bottom side that has a recess formed in a center thereof, the recess receiving the coupling member for pivotally connecting the cover to the box, the recess being separated from the opening so that the recess and opening are not contiguous and two opposing lateral sides, each having an exposed inner edge, and each extending from the top side of the cover to the bottom side of the cover, and each having a flange formed thereon for latching with a respective buckle when the cover is closed, whereby, when the cover is closed, the cover is positioned over the front surface of the box with the respective inner edges of the lateral sides of the cover abutting against the front surface of the box in a region of the lateral sides of the box, and with the top side of the cover being adjacent to the top side of the box, and when the cover is opened, the cover is pivoted to a position in which the respective inner edges of the lateral sides of the cover, from the top side of the cover to the bottom side of the cover, abut against a supporting surface, and the entire slope of the box abuts against an outer surface of the cover, to thereby support and retain the box at an angle relative to the cover.