Patent ID: 7896157

Claim:
A tool layout caddy comprising: an upstanding vertical post extending through substantially the center of the caddy, said post having top and bottom ends; a handle extending up from the top end of the post; receptacle means for the storage of tools and equipment, the post extending through the receptacle means, the receptacle means being located on the post between and in spaced relation to both the top and bottom ends of the post; a base member connected to the bottom end of the post at a location inboard of the sides of the base member, said base member housing a chalk reservoir containing chalk and a chalk line with an end section located outside the housing, the base member further comprising means to retractably store the chalk line within said base member; stop means located adjacent to the end section of the chalk line for at all times maintaining the end section of the chalk line external to the base member and for permitting pulling the chalk line out of the base member; and attachment means at the end section of the chalk line for securing an external section of the chalk line to the receptacle means.