Patent ID: 6849038

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a tool container, comprising the steps of: a) providing a substantially rigid cylindrical tube having a lengthwise direction, a side wall and first and second ends, said sidewall defining an interior region of said tube; b) forming a plurality of openings through said side wall to provide access to said interior region; c) arranging one or more dividers inside the cylindrical tube substantially transverse to said lengthwise direction in such a manner that said interior region is divided into separate compartments and each of said openings provides access to one of said separate compartments; d) capping said first and second ends with end caps, so that the interior region is delimited at said first and second ends by the end caps and the dividers are disposed inside the interior region between the end caps; e) affixing a carry mechanism proximate to said end caps; f) heating said side wall until said side wall softens; and g) pressing said softened side wall against a generally planar edge or surface until a portion of said side wall of said substantially rigid cylindrical tube is flattened.