Patent ID: 8434834

Claim:
A tool storage cabinet and attached visual tool identification and location system comprising: a tool storage cabinet having a sidewall with an outer surface and a plurality of drawers, each drawer being constructed with tool supporting structures forming a plurality of tool receiving compartments; a sheet mounted to the outer surface of the side wall of the tool storage cabinet, the sheet having a front surface with a visual depiction of each tool receiving compartment of each drawer in the form of a diagrammatic cross section view of the tool receiving compartments in the drawer, the visual depiction of each tool receiving compartment of each drawer being horizontally aligned with a corresponding one of the drawers of the tool storage cabinet; and a plurality of tool profiles, each tool profile being a pictorial representation of a tool in one of the compartments of one of the drawers in the cabinet, the tool profiles being removably mounted to the sheet such that each tool profile is located on the visual depiction of the tool receiving compartment corresponding to the compartment and the drawer location of the tool represented by the tool profile, wherein the sheet and the tool profiles replicate visually the entire tool content of the cabinet and whereby the system conveys to a user of the exact location of the tool without the user having to open the drawers of the cabinet.