Patent ID: RE38905

Claim:
A tool box comprising: a base portion having two side walls between which a bottom and a top are respectively transversely connected, a back wall connected between two rear sides of said two side walls; two one sliding plate s respectively and slidably disposed to one of said side walls corresponding thereto, and ; at least one receiving member pivotally connected between to said one of said two side walls at two one end s of a front side thereof of the receiving member, and pivotally connected between to said sliding plate s at said two one end s of a rear side thereof of the receiving member, wherein a first imaginary straight line passes through the pivotal connection of the receiving member to said one of said side walls and the pivotal connection of the receiving member to the sliding plate, the location of the pivotal connection of said at least one receiving member to said one of said side walls being closer to the front side than to the rear side of said at least one receiving member when taken along said first imaginary straight line; an actuating member pivotally connected between said two side walls at two ends of a front side of the actuating member and pivotally connected to said sliding plate at one end of a rear side of the actuating member so that when pivoting said actuating end of a rear side of the actuating member so that when pivoting said actuating member about said two ends of said front side thereof, said sliding plate is moved upwardly and said rear side of said receiving member is moved upwardly to pivot the receiving member toward an inclined position, wherein a second imaginary straight line passes through the pivotal connection of the actuating member to said one of said side walls and the pivotal connection of the actuating member to the sliding plate, the location of the pivotal connection of the actuating member to said one of said side walls being closer to the front side than to the rear side of said actuating member when taken along said second imaginary straight line; and means mounted to the base portion for covering said at least one receiving member in a closed position and providing access to said at least one receiving member in an open position .