TOOL HOLDER

Abstract: Tool holder for hanging up tools on a board, rail, wall, or the like having a substantially vertical surface. The tool holder comprises an element which is integrally made of wire or strip material and which as a V-shaped portion (11) between two mutually spaced limbs (10) to be connected to the surface at one end thereof projecting from the surface. Said V-shaped portion converges from the limbs at the other ends thereof and includes an acute angle with the limbs in order to bear against the surface at the apex (12) of the portion in the intended mounted position of the element with the V-shaped portion extending downwards.

Description: TOO L HO L DE R -The invention relates to a tool holder for hanging up tools on a board, rail, wall , or the like having a 5 substantially vertical surface ,- said tool holder compris¬ ing an element made integrally of wire or strip material, which has an attachment for mounting the element to said substantially vertical surface. Tool holders of this type are simple and are easy 10 to manufacture and they are available in different embodiments ada.pted for ' hanging up tools of different types, said holders most often being constructed for attachment to a board having regular perforations, e,g. a fibreboard with holes in vertical and horizontal rows 15 equally spaced. With the pr or art tool holder it is usually necessary to provide for a tool of a specific type a tool holder specifically adapted to said tool, and accordingly it is necessary to use several different holder types for hanging up a tool . set of common extent. 20 The object of the invention is to make possible the use Of tool holders of one and the same type for tools of different types while allowing the tool to be easily hanged up on and removed from the tool holder, the tool being securely retained on the tool holder when hanged 5 up thereon. For said object the tool holder of the type referred to above has obtained according to the invention the characteristics included in claim 1. In order to explain more clearly the invention some 0 embodiments of the invention will be described in more — detail below, reference being made to the accompanying drawings in which FIG. 1 is a front view of a tool holder according to the invention in one embodiment thereof, 5 . FIG. 2 is a side view of the tool holder, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the tool holder, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the tool holder, " FIG. 5 is a front view of the tool holder mounted to a perforated board and with a tool hanged up 5 on the tool holder, and FIG. 6 is a front view of another embodiment of the tool holder according to the invention mounted to a wall . The tool holder disclosed in FIGS. 1 to 5 comprises 19 an element made integrally of a metal strip, which includes two straight limbs 10 joining a V-shaped portion 11 arranged between the limbs. This portion converges from the limbs towards the apex 12 thereof andincludes an acute angle α, FIG. 2, with the limbs 10. This angle 15 can be of the order of 45°. The limbs form at the free ends thereof hooks 13 which extend in opposite directions, The tool holder is adapted to be releasably mounted , to a perforated board 14, FIG. 5, qf a conventional type, e.g. a hard fibreboard which has vertical and horizontal 0 rows of circular holes 15 equally spaced in a regular pattern. The board is mounted in a vertical position to a wall or a stand in such a way that there is a free space behind the board. The tool holder which should- be made of such material that the limbs 10 can be compressed 5 elastically, is mounted to the board fay one hook 13 being inserted into a hole 15, the other hook then being inserted into anotherhole. Then, the limbs are allowed to spring back and thus the tool holder is fastened to the board 14. The spacing of the limbs 10 should of course be 0 adapted to the spacing of the holes 15 in the board to — which the tool holder is to be mounted. The tool holder is reliably held, in position but in order to make the mounting still more reliable one hook 13, viz. the hook to be inserted in a hole 15 initially, can be somewhat 5 longer than the other hook which must not be longer than it can pass inimpededly through a hole 15. In the- mounted position of the tool holder the limbs 10 project substantially perpendicularly (horizontally) from the board 14 and the V-shaped portion 11 located at the lower 5 side of the limbs 10 bears against the board at the apex 12 thereof. A tool such as a screw-driver 16 to be hanged up on the board 14 can be located easily in the V-shaped portion 11 and due to the inclination an<d convergence of this portion will reach a position closer to the apex 12 10 wherein the tool is rel i abl /retained on the board. In this manner, tools of the mast varying forms can be hanged up on the board 14 ve ry reliably by means of the tool holder described. It is ve ry easy to hang up the tool and it is as easy to remove the tool from the board 15 when it is to be used. The -V-shaped portion 11 can have a plastic coating which increases the friction between- the tool and the . tool holder and facilitates a still more reliable retain- rnent of the tool in the tool holder, the generation of 20 noise by vibration of the tool in the hool holder due to the presence of vibrations in the space where the tool holder is being used, at the same time being prevented. The plastic coating can be grooved or can be formed with other i regularities at the inner sides of the limbs of 2 . 5 the V-shaped portion in order to further improve the engagement between the tool holder and the tool . Preferably, the grooves extend in the transverse direction of the limbs and have curved tips. Moreover, it is possible to make the tool holder of wire material 30 instead of strip material but said latter material is __ preferred because a tool holder of such material provides an improved retainment of the tool. It is not necessary that the tool holder is arranged for mounting to a perforated board in the manner that is 5 shown in FIG. 5. It is also possible to mount the tool OMP holder to a rail which is mounted by means of screws to a wall or the like-and forms holes for the insertion of the..hooks 13. The rail should be designed or mounted to the wall in such a way that there is a distance hetween the rail and the wall which leaves space for the hooks. The tool holder can also be arranged such that it can be mounted directly to a wall by means of screws, and this is disclosed in FIG. 6 which also shows that several V-shaped portions can be arranged between the -mounting positions of the tool holder. In FIG. 6, the tool holder has between two limbs 10 two V-shaped portions 11A and 11B, respectively, and each limb forms a flat portion 17 to be engaged with the wall and having a hole for the insertion of a fastening screw 18. It can also be seen from FIG. 6 that two tool holders of this type are made as an integral unit such that one flat portion 17 is common and the tool holder in its entirety thus is arranged for hanging up four tools and i.s mounted to the wall by means of three fastening screws 18. The attachments of the limbs 10 can of course be designed and arranged in different manners in order to be adapted for mounting of the tool holders on boards or walls of different constructions. In order that the tool holder according to the invention can be used universally for hanging up tools of different types the angle of the apex 12 should be of the order of 45 . but neither this angle nor the angle α is 'critical in this connection. It should also be mentioned that the tool holder can be made in different sizes so as to be used for larger or smaller tools. How- ever, the form of the tool holder wi l be the same independently of the tool holder being large or small . O

Claims: CLAIMS 1. Tool holder ' for hanging up tools on a board (14)", rail, wall, or the like having a substantially vertical surface, said tool holder comprising an element made integrally of wire or strip material, which has an attachment (.13; 17) for mounting the element to said substantially vertical surface, c h a r a c t e r ¬ i z e d in that the element between two mutually spaced limbs (10) to be connected to the surface at one end thereof projecting from the surface, has at least one V-shaped portion (11; 11A, 11B) which coilverges from the limbs at the other end thereof and includes an acute angle ( ) with the limbs to bear against the surface at the apex (12) of the V-shaped portion in the intended mounted position of the element with the V-shaped portion extending downwards. 2. Tool holder as claimed in claim 1, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the limbs (10) can be elastically compressed and form outwardly extending fasten ng hooks ( 3) at the free ends thereof for mounting to a board (14) having perforations (15) in a regular pattern. 3. TOO! holder as claimed in claim 2, c h a-r a c t e r i z e d in that the hook (13) of one limb (10) is longer than the hook of the other limb. 4. Tool holder as claimed in any of claims 1 to 3, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the V-shaped portion (11; 11A, 11B) includes an angle (ex) of the order of 45° with the limbs (10). 5. Tool holder as claimed in any of claims 1 to 4, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the apex angle of the V-shaped portion is of the order of 45°. 6. Tool holder as claimed in any of claims 1 to 5, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the V-shaped portion (1-1; 11A, 11B) is provided with a coating of plastics or si mi 1 ar ateri al . 7. Tool holder as claimed in claim 6, c h a r a c t e r ! " z-e d in that the coating forms grooves- or other rregularities at the inner sides of the limbs. 8. Tool holder as claimed in claim 1, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the limbs (10) form flat fastening portions (17) for screws at the free ends thereof. 9. Tool holder as claimed in any of claims 1 to 8, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that several V-shaped portions (11A. 11B) are arranged between the limbs (10).

Inventors: BRORSSON JOHNNY, BRORSSON, JOHNNY
Applicants: BRORSSON JOHNNY, BRORSSON, JOHNNY
Application year: 1982
Main classification: B25H1
IPC codes: A47F5, B25H3