Patent Publication Number: US-2013228484-A1

Title: Securing device for at least one hand tool

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a hand tool hanger, and more particularly to a securing device for at least one hand tool. 
     2. Description of Related Art 
     With reference to  FIG. 7 , a conventional securing device for Allen keys includes a body  90 . The body  90  has a first receiving portion  91  and a second receiving portion  92 . The first receiving portion  91  has a volume being greater than that of the second receiving portion  92  and has multiple parallel inserting holes  93  defined through the first receiving portion  91 . The second receiving portion  92  is pivotally connected with the first receiving portion  91  and has multiple parallel inserting holes  93  defined through the second receiving portion  92 . The inserting holes  93  in the first receiving portion  91  and the second receiving portion  92  are provided for receiving Allen keys in different sizes. Each Allen key has a working end  94  and a driving end  95 . The driving end  95  is shorter than and is perpendicular to the working end  94 . The working end  94  of each Allen key is received in a corresponding inserting hole  93  and the driving end  95  protrudes out from the corresponding inserting hole  93 . The Allen keys are sequentially arranged by the sizes and are received in the inserting holes  93 . 
     An inner diameter of each inserting hole  93  is preformed based on an outer diameter of the working end  94  of the corresponding Allen key. Therefore, the working end  94  is tightly inserted into the corresponding inserting hole  93 . However, the inner diameter of each inserting hole  93  is worn after a period of use and becomes larger than the outer diameter of the corresponding Allen key, such that the Allen key will easily slide in the corresponding inserting hole  93  and be detached from the body  90 . 
     To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention tends to provide a securing device for at least one hand tool to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The main objective of the invention is to provide a securing device for at least one hand tool that includes a first receiving body, at least one elastomer and at least one pick. The first receiving body has at least one inserting hole and at least one compartment. The at least one inserting hole is defined through a top and a bottom of the first receiving body. The at least one compartment is defined in a first side surface of the first receiving body and respectively corresponds to the at least one inserting hole. Each one of at least one compartment communicates with a corresponding inserting hole and the corresponding inserting hole is defined through an inner top surface and an inner bottom surface of the compartment. The at least one elastomer is correspondingly and respectively mounted in the at least one compartment. The at least one pick is correspondingly and respectively received in the at least one compartment and is correspondingly and respectively connected with the at least one elastomer. Each one of the at least one pick has a pick hole defined through the pick. The pick hole in each one of the at least one pick is selectively co-axially aligned with a corresponding inserting hole, which is defined in the inner top surface and the inner bottom surface of the corresponding compartment. 
     Other objects, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is an exploded perspective view in partial section of a securing device for at least one hand tool in accordance with the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is an assembled perspective view of the securing device for at least one hand tool in  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIGS. 3 and 4  are operational side views in partial section of the securing device for at least one hand tool in accordance with the present invention; 
         FIG. 5  is an assembled perspective view of the securing device for at least one hand tool in accordance with the present invention to cooperate with Allen keys; 
         FIG. 6  is an assembled perspective view of the securing device for at least one hand tool in accordance with the present invention to cooperate with Torx Wrenches; and 
         FIG. 7  is a perspective view of a conventional securing device for Allen keys. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     With reference to  FIGS. 1 to 3 , a securing device for at least one hand tool in accordance with the present invention comprises a first receiving body  10  and a second receiving body  10 A. 
     The first receiving body  10  is substantially the same as the second receiving body  10 A except a size of the second receiving body  10 A is smaller than that of the first receiving body  10 . The first receiving body  10  is pivotally connected with the second receiving body  10 A. The following description takes the first receiving body  10  as an example. The first receiving body  10  has at least one inserting hole  11 , at least one compartment  20  and at least one inserting slot  22 . Preferably, the first receiving body  10  has multiple inserting holes  11 , multiple compartments  20  and multiple inserting slots  22 . The multiple inserting holes  11  are defined through a top and a bottom of the first receiving body  10 . The multiple compartments  20  correspond respectively to the multiple inserting holes  11  and are defined through a first side surface and a second side surface of the first receiving body  10 . The second side surface is opposite to the first side surface. Each compartment  20  communicates with a corresponding inserting hole  11  and the corresponding inserting hole  11  is defined through an inner top surface and an inner bottom surface of the compartment  20 . Each compartment  20  has two pivotal slots  21  respectively defined in two inner side surfaces of the compartment  20 , located at the second side surface of the first receiving body  10  and communicating with the compartment  20 . The multiple inserting slots  22  are defined in the second side surface of the first receiving body  10  and correspond respectively to the multiple compartments  20 . Each inserting slot  22  communicates with a corresponding compartment  20  and is parallel to the corresponding compartment  20 . Each compartment  20  has an elastomer  30  and a pick  40  mounted in the compartment  20 . 
     Each elastomer  30  is received and fixed in a corresponding compartment  20 . Each elastomer  30  is a bended sheet including a first plate  31  and a second plate  32 . The first plate  31  extends into the corresponding compartment  20  and elastically abuts against the corresponding pick  40 . The first plate  31  is connected with the second plate  32  at an acute angle and is elastically pivotable relative to the second plate  32 . The second plate  32  is received in a corresponding inserting slot  22 , which communicates with the corresponding compartment  20 . The second plate  32  has a protrusion  33  disposed on a bottom surface of the second plate  32  for abutting against an inner surface of the corresponding inserting slot  22  and fixing the elastomer  30  in the corresponding compartment  20 . Preferably, each elastomer  30  can be replaced with a spring to abut against the pick  40 . 
     Each pick  40  is mounted from the second side surface of the first receiving body  10  through a corresponding compartment  20 . Each pick  40  has two wings  42  respectively extending from two opposite sides of the pick  40  and respectively mounted in the two pivotal slots  21  of the corresponding compartment  20 . Each pick  40  is elastically abutted by a corresponding elastomer  30  and is pivotable at the two wings  42  as a pivot. Each pick  40  has a pick hole  41  defined through a top surface and a bottom surface of the pick  40 . Each pick hole  41  has an inner diameter being equal to or larger than that of a corresponding inserting hole  11 . During a pivot movement of each pick  40 , the pick hole  41  in the pick  40  is selectively co-axially aligned with the corresponding inserting hole  11 , which is defined through the inner top surface and the inner bottom surface of the corresponding compartment  20 . 
     Preferably, the first receiving body  10  has a cover  12  mounted on the second side surface of the first receiving body  10  for closing the ends of the multiple compartments  20  that are located at the second side surface of the first receiving body  10 . The cover  12  has a hanging hole  13  defined in the cover  12  and provided for a hanging purpose. With reference to  FIG. 5 , the second receiving body  10 A has a cover  12 A mounted on a second side surface of the second receiving body  10 A for closing the ends of the multiple compartments  20  that are located at the second side surface of the second receiving body  10 A. 
     With reference to  FIG. 3 , a hand tool  50  is inserted into one of the inserting holes  11  and is mounted through the pick hole  41  of a corresponding pick  40 . Preferably, the hand tool  50  is an Allen key. When the pick  40  is abutted by the corresponding elastomer  30  and is pivoted upward, the pick hole  41  of the pick  40  is not co-axially aligned with the corresponding inserting hole  11  and is biased to the corresponding inserting hole  11 . The hand tool  50  is clamped between an inner flange of the pick hole  41  and an inner surface of the corresponding inserting hole  11 . The corresponding elastomer  30  continuously and elastically abuts against the pick  40  to keep the hand tool  50  clamped between the inner flange of the pick hole  41  and the inner surface of the corresponding inserting hole  11 . 
     With reference to  FIG. 4 , when the pick  40  is pressed down, the wings  42  of the pick  40  are restricted in the two inserting slots  22  of the corresponding compartment  20  and the pick  40  pivotally compresses the corresponding elastomer  30 . The pick hole  41  of the pick  40  is co-axially aligned with the corresponding inserting hole  11  and a clamping force applied on the hand tool  50  is dismissed, such that the hand tool  50  can be detached from the corresponding inserting hole  11 . 
     With reference to  FIGS. 5 and 6 , each elastomer  30  provides a resilient force to the corresponding pick  40 . The inner flange of the pick hole  41  in the corresponding pick  40  and the inner surface of the corresponding inserting hole  11  cooperatively clamp the hand tool  50 . The corresponding pick hole  41  is aligned with the corresponding inserting hole  11  to form a channel to communicate between the corresponding pick hole  41  and the corresponding inserting hole  11 . If an inner diameter of the channel is larger than or equal to a diameter of the hand tool  50  while the corresponding pick hole  41  is co-axially aligned with the corresponding inserting hole  11  and the inner diameter of the channel is smaller than the diameter of the hand tool  50  while the corresponding pick hole  41  is biased to the corresponding inserting hole  11 , the hand tool  50  can be securely positioned. In the conventional securing device, the hand tools are detached from the inserting holes when the inserting holes are worn. Even if the inserting holes  11  in accordance with the present invention are worn and loosened, the hand tool  50  can be clamped by the inner surface of the pick hole  41  and the inner surface of the corresponding inserting hole  11 . Therefore, the present invention is suitable for any rod-type hand tool  50 , such as the Allen key shown in  FIG. 5  or the Torx wrench shown in  FIG. 6 . 
     Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.