Patent ID: 7373710

Claim:
A portable toolbox apparatus comprising: a compartment having a base and walls defining an opening; a lid for closing the opening; an aperture in one of the walls; a substantially planar work surface on an outer face of the lid; a cutter-receiving aperture in the lid for receiving a cutter of a cutting tool when the cutting tool is mounted to an inside face of the lid; an electrical circuit for controlling and supplying power to the cutting tool and to a drill; and an adaptor fixture, including: an elongate member configured to be received in the aperture and having first and second longitudinally opposing ends, a carriage fixed at the first end for reciprocating linear travel, the carriage having a coupling for releasable connection to the drill, a first jaw mounted for movement relative to the first end of the elongate member, and a second jaw fixed at a second end of the elongate member so that when the elongate member is fixed in the aperture and the drill is mounted to the carriage above the work surface, the adaptor fixture provides a drill press and when the cutting tool is mounted to an inside face of the lid and the cutter of the cutting tool projects through the cutter-receiving aperture, the adaptor fixture is held in clamping engagement with the toolbox between the first and second jaws such that the elongate member provides a guide fence supported on or above the work surface.