Patent ID: 8196742

Claim:
A toolbox comprising: a base including a compartment having a bottom wall, with two sidewalls and front and rear walls extending perpendicularly from the bottom wall, with the front and rear walls spaced in a length direction, with a first rib formed on the bottom wall, with a respective extension extending rearward in the length direction from a rear end of each of the two sidewalls; a cover for covering the compartment of the base, with the cover including a rear end having an extension, with the extension of the cover pivotably connected to the two extensions of the two sidewalls of the base; and a first bit seat received in the compartment of the base, with the first bit seat including a first pivotal column pivotably connected to the base, with the first bit seat further including a first abutment portion, with the first pivotal column including an outer periphery having a plurality of first bit grooves for receiving a plurality of first bits, with the first bit seat pivotable between a storage position and an extended position, with a longitudinal axis of each of the plurality of first bit grooves parallel to the bottom wall of the base and with the plurality of first bits received in the compartment when the first bit seat is in the storage position, with the first abutment portion of the first bit seat abutting the first rib of the base when the first bit seat is in the extended position, wherein the first bit seat is retained in the storage position when the cover is in a closing position covering the compartment of the base, the cover is pivotable relative to the base to a position in which the cover and the base are in an inverted V-shaped state and placeable on a platform, the first abutment portion of the first bit seat abuts the first rib of the base under action of weights of the plurality of first bits, retaining the first bit seat is in the extended position.