Patent ID: 7032750

Claim:
Storage device for at least one tool, wherein elements of the tool include a handle and a plurality of bits engageable by the handle, the storage device comprising: a base part ( 4 ) and a pivot-open lid part ( 5 ) articulated thereon, a mount ( 6 , 7 , 24 ) located on one of said base part or said lid part, said mount being provided for accommodating an element of the tool ( 1 , 2 ) in a fixed position parallel to one of the base part or the lid part ( 5 ), wherein the lid part ( 5 ) has a window ( 8 ) which is similar to an outline contour of the tool element ( 1 , 2 ), wherein peripheral-edge spacing of the window relative to the tool element is selected such that the tool element ( 1 , 2 ) cannot be removed through the window ( 8 ) of said lid part ( 5 ) during closure of the lid part to the base part, wherein certain regions of the tool element ( 1 , 2 ) project through the window ( 8 ) of the closed lid part ( 5 ), and wherein peripheral portions of the window are in contact with the tool element at two spaced-apart locations on the tool element during closure of the lid part to the base part, and a location for storage of the tool handle is displaced from a location of storage of said plurality of bits.