Patent ID: 7225923

Claim:
A tool retaining system comprising: an outer casing having at least one housing member with upstanding walls extending approximately perpendicularly from a base and a plurality of female recesses defined within said walls; a tool tray having at least two opposed side walls extending approximately perpendicularly downward from a top wall, the opposed side walls having an outer surface, the outer surface having one or more male protrusions extending therefrom, and the top wall having a plurality of tool receiving recesses, each of the tool receiving recesses including at least two opposed bit retaining members; and wherein the male protrusions on the tool tray snap into the female recesses on the walls of the outer casing to retain the tool tray in the casing such that the tool tray cannot slide relative to the casing, said male protrusions being removable from the female receptacles by a user such that the tool tray can be removed from and reinserted into the outer casing.