Patent ID: 7287644

Claim:
A suspension device for a tool socket ( 70 ) comprising: a hanging panel ( 10 ) having a top edge; a bottom edge; a front surface; a strip latch ( 12 ) formed integrally on the hanging panel ( 10 ) and having a front edge; a channel ( 122 ) defined longitudinally through the strip latch ( 12 ) and having an open top end; and a pawl ( 124 ) extending upward from the front edge into the channel ( 122 ) at the open top end of the channel ( 122 ); an end cap ( 20 ) having a top surface; a center; and a through hole ( 22 ) defined at the center of the end cap ( 20 ); and a fastening strip ( 30 ) mounted through the through hole ( 22 ) in the end cap ( 20 ) and the strip latch ( 12 ) on the hanging panel ( 10 ) to hold the tool socket ( 70 ) between the hanging panel ( 10 ) and the end cap ( 20 ) and having an elongated body; a proximal end; a distal end; a block ( 32 ) formed on the proximal end of the fastening strip ( 30 ), being larger than the through hole ( 22 ) in the end cap ( 20 ) and holding the end cap ( 20 ) on the fastening strip ( 30 ); and a tongue ( 34 ) formed at the distal end of the elongated body to allow the distal end of the fastening strip ( 30 ) to pass easily through the strip latch ( 12 ).