A tool box includes a base portion with two side walls, two sliding plates slidably disposed to the two side walls and a plurality of receiving members pivotally connected between the two side walls at two ends of a front side thereof. The receiving members further are pivotally connected to the two sliding plates at the two ends of a rear side thereof. An actuating member is pivotally connected between the two side walls at two ends of a front side thereof, and between the two sliding plates at the two ends of a rear side thereof so that when pivoting the actuating member about the two ends of the front side thereof, the two sliding plates and the rear side of each the receiving members are moved upwardly.
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0. 9. A tool box comprising:
a base portion having a back wall and a first side wall and a second spaced-apart generally parallel sidewall extending from the back wall;
a separating board spaced a distance from the first side wall and also spaced from said second sidewall and generally parallel thereto;
at least one receiving member pivotally mounted to said first sidewall and between said first sidewall and said separating board at respective pivot points;
an actuating member pivotally mounted to said first sidewall and between said first sidewall and said second sidewall, said actuating member being longer than said receiving member; and
at least one sliding plate connecting the at least one said receiving member and the actuating member at end locations on the at least one said receiving member and actuating member displaced from said pivot points, whereby rotation of one of said at least one said receiving members and actuating member produces corresponding rotation of any other receiving member and the actuating member so connected by said at least one sliding plate.
0. 14. A tool box comprising:
a base portion having a back wall and a first side wall and a second spaced-apart generally parallel sidewall extending from the back wall;
a separating board having a first portion spaced a first distance from the first side wall and generally parallel thereto and a second portion spaced a second greater distance from the first side wall and generally parallel thereto;
at least one receiving member pivotally mounted between said first sidewall and said first portion of said separating board at respective pivot points;
at least one longer receiving member pivotally mounted between said first sidewall and said second portion of said separating board; and
one sliding plate disposed adjacent said first sidewall and connecting the at least one said receiving member and the at least one longer receiving member at end locations on the said receiving member displaced from said pivot points, whereby rotation of one of said at least one said receiving member produces corresponding rotation of any other receiving member so connected by said at least one sliding plate.
0. 16. 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;
one sliding plate respectively and slidably disposed to one of said side walls;
at least one receiving member pivotally connected to said one of said side walls at one end of a front side of the receiving member for pivoting movement of the receiving member between a storage position and an inclined position, and pivotally connected to said sliding plate at said one end of a rear side of the receiving member;
an actuating member pivotally connected between said two side walls at two ends of a front side of the actuating member for pivoting movement of the actuating member between a storage position and an inclined position, and pivotally connected to said sliding plate at one 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 the inclined position; 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, said means for covering comprising a cover which has a front plate with two side plates extending from two opposite sides thereof, a top plate connected between said two side plates and two legs extending from each of said two side plates, said two legs pivotally connected to said two side walls.
1. 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 plates 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 ends of a front side thereof of the receiving member, and pivotally connected between to said sliding plates at said two one ends 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.
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a tool box comprising a plurality of receiving members pivotally connected between two sliding plates which are actuated by an actuating member so that when operating the actuating member, the receiving members are pivoted an angle corresponding to a horizontal plane.
2. Brief Description of the Prior Art
Conventional tool boxes generally includes a base portion and a cover which is pivotally connected to the base portion in which a plurality of recesses are defined so as to receive tools therein. Those recesses are integrally defined in the base portion so that there are limitations of types and/or shapes of tools to be received. Furthermore, the base portion is designed to put on a horizontal surface so that a user has to search the tools received in the recesses because some tools disposed in a faraway side of the base portion could be hidden, and the tools have to be picked vertically from the recesses and this action is not convenient for the user, a preferred direction of picking the tools is about 45 degrees corresponding to the horizontal plane. These shortcomings can be seen in most of the tool boxes presented in the market.
The present invention provides an improved tool box including a base portion and a cover wherein a plurality of receiving members are pivotally connected between two sliding plates which are actuated by an actuating member so as to slide the sliding plates to let all the receiving members be pivoted inclinedly. Therefore the above mentioned shortcomings may be mitigated.
In one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tool box comprising a base portion having two side walls between which a bottom and a top are respectively transversely connected, and a back wall connected between two rear sides of the two side walls. and 12a between which a bottom 13 100 and a top 101 are respectively transversely connected, a back wall 102 connected between two rear sides of the two side walls 12, 12a. A separating board 11 is disposed to the back wall 102 and one of the side walls 12a and the separating board 11 has a plurality of first apertures 13a defined therethrough. The two side walls 12, 12a of the base portion 10 each have a boss 121 extending from an outer surface thereof.
Two A first sliding plates 17 are is respectively and slidably disposed to the side wall 12 having the first apertures 13 and the separating board 11, and each the sliding plate 17 has a plurality of second apertures 18 defined therethrough. A second sliding plate 17a is slidably disposed to the separating board 11, and has apertures 18a defined therethrough. An auxiliary plate 170 having two apertures 180 defined therethrough is disposed to an extending portion 110 of the separating board 11, wherein a distance between the auxiliary plate 170 to the side wall 12 having the first apertures 13 is larger than a distance between the side wall 12 having the first apertures 13 to the separating board 11 so as to accommodate the two receiving members 15′ which is longer then the others.
The receiving members 15 each are pivotally connected between the side wall 12 having the first apertures 13 and the separating board 11 at two ends of a front side thereof and pivotally connected between the sliding plates 17, 17a at the two ends of a rear side thereof. In other words, the two ends of the front side of each the receiving member 15 each have a first stub 151 extending therefrom so as to be received in the first apertures 13, 13a of the side wall 12 and the separating board 11. The two ends of the rear side of each the receiving member 15 each have a second stub 152 extending therefrom so as to be received in the second apertures 18, 18a of the two sliding plates 17, 17a. The location of the pivotal connection of an end of a receiving member 15 to the side wall 12 is closer to the front side of the receiving member 15 than the rear side thereof, when taken along a first imaginary straight line passing through the pivotal connection of the receiving member to the side wall 12 and through the pivotal connection of the receiving member to the sliding plate 17. The first imaginary straight line is shown at 19 in
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The actuating member 16 is pivotally connected between the two side walls 12 at two ends of a front side thereof and pivotally connected between the sliding plates 17 at the two ends of a rear side thereof. In other words, the two ends of the front side of the actuating member 16 each have a first shaft 161 extending therefrom so as to be received in lower holes 122 respectively defined through the two side walls 12. The two ends of the rear side of the actuating member 15 16 each have a second shaft 162 extending therefrom so as to be received in the second apertures 18 of the two sliding plates 17. The location of the pivotal connection of the end of actuating member 16 to the side wall 12 is closer to the front side of the actuating member than the rear side thereof, when taken along a second imaginary straight line passing through the pivotal connection of the actuating member to the side wall 12 and through the pivotal connection of the actuating member to the sliding plate 17. The second imaginary straight line is shown at 19a in FIG. 2. The receiving member 15 has a plurality of receiving recesses 153 defined therein so as to receive a tool such as a bit 14 therein and the actuating member 16 has a plurality of receiving portions defined therein so as to receive tools therein.
The cover 20 includes a front plate 200 with two side plates 201 extending from two opposite sides thereof, a top plate 202 connected between the two side plates 201 and two legs 23 extending from each of the two side plates 201. Each of the legs 23 of the cover 20 has a hole 231 defined therethrough so as to receive the boss 121 corresponding thereto. A handle 21 is disposed to the top plate 202 which further has a lock member 22 disposed thereto so as to be engaged with an engaging portion 103 disposed on the top 101 of the base portion 10.
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While particular embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described herein, it is not intended to limit the invention and changes and modifications may be made therein within the scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
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