CA2947229C - Socket holding frame - Google Patents

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CA2947229C
CA2947229C CA2947229A CA2947229A CA2947229C CA 2947229 C CA2947229 C CA 2947229C CA 2947229 A CA2947229 A CA 2947229A CA 2947229 A CA2947229 A CA 2947229A CA 2947229 C CA2947229 C CA 2947229C
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25HWORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS
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A socket holding frame has a track base (10), a positioning board (20), and at least one positioning mount (30). The positioning board (20) is disposed on the track base (10) and has two multiple first engaging segments (24). The multiple first engaging segments (24) are formed on the top surface of the positioning board (20) at spaced intervals, and are aligned in a straight line. Each first engaging segment (24) has a curved engaging groove (242) and an engaging protrusion (244). The at least one positioning mount (30) is slidably and rotatably mounted on the track base (10). Each positioning mount (30) has multiple second engaging segments (312), and part of the multiple second engaging segments (312) are selectively engaged with one of the multiple first engaging segments (24).

Description

2 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
3 1. Field of the Invention
4 The present invention relates to a socket holding frame, and more particularly to a socket holding frame that may provide a positioning effect in 6 rotation and movement to sockets that are mounted on the socket holding frame.
7 2. Description of Related Art 8 A conventional socket holding frame has a track base and multiple 9 positioning mounts slidably mounted on the track base. The positioning mounts are used to hold sockets on the track base to allow a user to look for the marks of 11 sizes or model numbers on outer peripheries of the sockets by rotating the 12 sockets. To move or rotate the sockets easily and quickly, the track base is not set 13 up with any fixing structure for fixing the positioning mounts with the track base.
14 Hence, the positioning mounts may be moved or rotated by impact or hit by an unexpected force, such that the user has to frequently and repeatedly look for the 16 marks of sizes or model numbers of the sockets, which is very inconvenient in 17 use.
18 With reference to Fig. 7, Fig. 7 shows a conventional socket holding 19 frame, wherein the positioning mounts can be positioned relative to the track base in movement. With reference to Fig. 8, Fig. 8 shows a conventional socket 21 holding frame, wherein the positioning mounts can be positioned relative to the 22 track base in rotation. However, the conventional socket holding frames shown 23 in Figs. 7 and 8 can only position the positioning mounts relative to the track 24 base either in movement or in rotation but cannot position the positioning 1 mounts relative to the track base both in movement and in rotation at the same 2 time.
3 To overcome the shortcomings of the conventional socket holding frame, 4 the present invention provides a socket holding frame to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems.

7 The present invention relates to a socket holding frame, and more 8 particularly to a socket holding frame that can provide a positioning effect in 9 movement and rotation to sockets that are mounted on the socket holding frame.
The socket holding frame has a track base, a positioning board, and at 11 least one positioning mount. The track base has a bottom panel and two rails.
12 The bottom panel is elongated and has a top surface. The two rails are disposed 13 respectively on two sides of the top surface of the bottom panel, each one of the 14 two rails has a sliding channel having an opening, and the two openings of the two sliding channels of the two rails face each other. The positioning board is 16 disposed on the track base and has two long opposite sides, a middle, a top 17 surface, and multiple first engaging segments. The multiple first engaging 18 segments are formed on the top surface of the positioning board at spaced 19 intervals, and are aligned in a straight line. Each first engaging segment has a curved engaging groove and an engaging protrusion formed in the curved 21 engaging groove. The at least one positioning mount is slidably and rotatably 22 mounted on the track base. Each one of the at least one positioning mount has a 23 sliding seat and an extending element. The sliding seat is slidably and rotatably 24 mounted in the sliding channels of the rails and is engaged selectively with one 1 of the multiple first engaging segments on the positioning board. The sliding seat 2 has a bottom side, a top side, and an engaging flange formed on and protruding 3 downwardly from the bottom side of the sliding seat. The engaging flange has a 4 bottom surface and multiple second engaging segments. The second engaging segments are formed on the bottom surface of the engaging flange at spaced 6 intervals and are arranged annularly. Part of the multiple second engaging 7 segments are selectively engaged with one of the multiple first engaging 8 segments. The extending element is formed on and protrudes upwardly from the 9 top side of the sliding seat.
Other advantages, and novel features of the invention will become more 11 apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with 12 the accompanying drawings.

14 Fig. I is a perspective view of a socket holding frame in accordance with the present invention;
16 Fig. 2A is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the socket holding 17 frame in Fig. 1;
18 Fig. 2B is another enlarged exploded perspective view of the socket 19 holding frame in Fig. 1;
Fig. 3A is an enlarged end view in partial section of the socket holding 21 frame in Fig. 1;
22 Fig. 313 is an enlarged end view in partial section of the socket holding 23 frame in Fig. 3A;
24 Fig. 4 is an enlarged operational top view in partial section of the socket 1 holding frame along the line 4-4 in Fig. 3A;
2 Fig. 5A is an enlarged end side view in partial section of the socket 3 holding frame along the line 5-5 in Fig. 4;
4 Fig. 5B is an enlarged end cross sectional side view of the socket holding frame in Fig. 5A;
6 Fig. 50 is another enlarged end cross sectional side view of the socket 7 holding frame in Fig. 5A;
8 Fig. 6 is an operational perspective view of the socket holding frame in 9 Fig. 1;
Fig. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional socket holding 11 frame; and 12 Fig. 8 is an exploded perspective view of another conventional socket 13 holding frame.

With reference to Figs. 1 to 3, a socket holding frame in accordance with 16 the present invention comprises a track base 10, a positioning board 20, and at 17 least one positioning mount 30.
18 The track base 10 is elongated, is made of metal, and is preferably an 19 aluminum extrusion. The track base comprises a bottom panel 11 and two rails 12. The bottom panel 11 is elongated and has a top surface. The two rails 12 21 are respectively formed on and protrude from two sides of the top surface of the 22 bottom panel 11. Each rail 12 has a sliding channel 14 and a positioning channel 23 13. Each one of the sliding channels 14 and the positioning channels 13 has an 24 opening. The openings of the sliding channels 14 face each other and the 1 openings of the positioning channels 13 also face each other. The positioning 2 channel 13 of each rail 12 is located below the sliding channel 14 of the rail 12.
3 The positioning board 20 is resilient, is mounted in the positioning 4 channels 13 in the rails 12 of the track base 10, and has two long opposite sides,
5 two free ends, a middle, a top surface, a bottom surface, two rail bars 21, a recess
6 22, and multiple first engaging segments 24. The positioning board 20 is bent
7 upwardly from the long opposite sides to the middle of the positioning board 20.
8 The two rail bars 21 are formed on and protrude outwardly from the bottom
9 surface of the positioning board 20 respectively at the two long opposite sides of the positioning board 20 and are mounted respectively in the positioning 11 channels 13 of the rails 12. The recess 22 is formed in the bottom surface of the 12 positioning board 20 at the middle of the positioning board 20 between the free 13 ends of the positioning board 20, and is parallel with the long opposite sides of 14 the positioning board 20 to define a space between the middle of the positioning board 20 and the top surface of the bottom panel 11. The space allows the 16 positioning board 20 to be deformed relative to the track base 10.
Alternatively, 17 the positioning board 20 may be formed with the track base 10 as a single piece.
18 The multiple first engaging segments 24 are formed on the top surface of 19 the positioning board 20 at spaced intervals between the two free ends of the positioning board 20. The 'first engaging segments 24 are aligned in a straight 21 line and are formed at the middle of the top surface of the positioning board 20 at 22 spaced intervals. Each one of the multiple engaging segments 24 has a curved 23 engaging groove 242 and an engaging protrusion 244. Preferably, the curved 24 engaging groove 242 has a depth gradually increasing from two ends to the 1 middle of the curved engaging groove 242. The engaging protrusion 244 is 2 formed in the curved engaging groove 242. Preferably, the engaging protrusion 3 244 is formed on a middle of the curved engaging groove 242, and the engaging 4 protrusions 244 of the first engaging segments are aligned with each other.
The at least one positioning mount 30 is slidably and rotatably mounted 6 on the track base 10, and each one of the at least one positioning mount 30 has a 7 sliding seat 31 and an extending element 32. The sliding seat 31 is round and 8 resilient, is slidably and rotatably mounted in the sliding channels 14 in the rails 9 12, and is selectively engaged with one of the multiple first engaging segments 24 of the positioning board 20. The sliding seat 31 has a bottom side, a top side, 11 and an engaging flange 311. The engaging flange 311 is formed on and protrudes 12 downwardly from the bottom side of the sliding seat 31 and has a bottom surface 13 and multiple second engaging segments 312. The multiple second engaging 14 segments 312 are continuously formed in the bottom surface of the engaging flange 311 at spaced intervals, and are arranged annularly. Part of the multiple 16 second engaging segments 314 are engaged with the curved engaging groove 17 242 of one of the multiple first engaging segments 24, and adjacent two of said 18 part of the multiple second engaging segments 314 engage with the engaging 19 protrusion 244 of the first engaging segment 24.
The extending element 32 is formed on and protrudes upwardly from the 21 top side of the sliding seat 31. Furthermore, the extending element 32 of each one 22 of the at least one positioning mount 30 is an insertion button. The extending 23 element 32 is hollow, is rectangular, and has a side surface and a protruding ball 24 321. The protruding ball 321 is mounted in and extends outwardly from the side 1 surface of the insertion button.
2 With reference to Figs. 3 to 5, to dispose the positioning mount 30 onto 3 the track base 10, the engaging flange 311 of the positioning mount 30 is inserted 4 into the sliding channels 14 in the rails 12 from one of the ends of the track base
10. Consequently, the positioning mount 30 can be slid along the positioning 6 board 20 to a desired position to engage part of the second engaging segments 7 312 with the curved engaging groove 242 of a corresponding one of the first 8 engaging segments 24. With the engagement between the parts of the second 9 engaging segments 312 and the corresponding curved engaging groove 242, the positioning mount 30 can be positioned at the desired position. At this time,
11 adjacent two of said parts of the second engaging segments 312 are engaged with
12 the engaging protrusion 244 in the corresponding engaging groove 242.
With the
13 engagement of the adjacent two second engaging segments 312 and the engaging
14 protrusion 244, the angular position of the positioning mount 30 can be fixed.
With reference to Fig. 6, multiple sockets 60 are respectively and 16 detachably mounted around the extending elements 32 of the positioning mounts 17 30. When each socket 60 is mounted around the extending element 32 of a 18 corresponding positioning mount 30, the protruding ball 321 of the extending 19 element 32 is engaged with a recess in an inner wall of the socket 60.
Consequently, the sockets 60 are positioned on the extending elements 32 of the 21 positioning mounts 30.
22 When numbers or signs on the sockets 60 are not aligned at a same 23 direction to face a user, the user may rotate the sockets 60 in a clockwise or 24 counterclockwise direction relative to the track base 10 to make the numbers or 1 signs of the sockets 60 face the user. During the above-mentioned rotating 2 process, the sliding seats 31 of the positioning mounts 30 maybe rotated with the 3 sockets 60 relative to the positioning board 20 by the engagement between the 4 extending elements 32 of the positioning mounts 30 and the sockets 60.
When the socket 60 is rotated, the two second engaging segments 312 will be 6 disengaged from the corresponding engaging protrusion 244 due to the resilience 7 of the engaging flange 311 of the positioning mount 30. When the socket 60 is 8 rotated to a desired angle, another adjacent two of the second engaging segments 9 312 will engage with the engaging protrusion 244. The positioning mount can be positioned in rotation relative to the track base 10 to make the numbers or signs 11 on the sockets 60 face the user.
12 In addition, to adjust the position of the positioning mount 30 relative to 13 the track base 10, the socket 60 of the positioning mount 30 can be moved along 14 the track base 10 directly. With the resilience of the engaging flange 311 of the positioning mount 30, the engaged parts of the second engaging segments 312 16 can be disengaged from the corresponding engaging groove 242. When the 17 positioning mount 30 is moved to a desired position, the positioning mount 30 18 can be positioned in movement relative to the track base 10 by the engagement 19 between said part of the second engaging segments 312 and another engaging groove 242.
21 To conveniently move or rotate the positioning mount 30, at least one or 22 both of the positioning board 20 and the sliding seats 31 of the positioning 23 mounts 30 is/are resilient. Accordingly, the second engaging segments 312 can 24 be easily engaged with or disengaged from the first engaging segments 24. Thus, 1 to move or to rotate the positioning mount 30 is easy and convenient.

Claims (6)

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A socket holding frame comprising:
a track base being an elongated seat and having a bottom panel being elongated and having a top surface;
two rails disposed respectively on two sides of the top surface of the bottom panel, each one of the two rails having a sliding channel having an opening, and the two openings of two sliding channels of the two rails facing each other;
a positioning board disposed on the track base and having two long opposite sides;
a middle, a top surface;
multiple first engaging segments formed on the top surface of the positioning board at spaced intervals and aligned in a straight line, and each first engaging segment comprising a curved engaging groove; and an engaging protrusion formed in the curved engaging groove; and at least one positioning mount slidably and rotatably mounted on the track base, and each one of the at least one positioning mount having a sliding seat slidably and rotatably mounted in the sliding channels of the rails, the sliding seat engaged selectively with one of the multiple first engaging segments on the positioning board and having a bottom side;
a top side; and an engaging flange formed on and protruding downwardly from the bottom side of the sliding seat, and having a bottom surface; and multiple second engaging segments formed on the bottom surface of the engaging flange at spaced intervals and being arranged annularly, wherein parts of the multiple second engaging segments are selectively engaged with one of the multiple first engaging segments; and an extending element formed on and protruding upwardly from the top side of the sliding seat.
2. The socket holding frame as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the positioning board and the at least one positioning mount is resilient.
3. The socket holding frame as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the engaging protrusion of each first engaging segment is formed on a middle of the curved engaging groove of the first engaging segment; and the engaging protrusions of the first engaging segments are aligned with each other.
4. The socket holding frame as claimed in claim 3, wherein each rail of the track base further has a positioning channel located below the sliding channel of the rail and having an opening;
the openings of the positioning channels of the two rails face each other;
the positioning board is mounted in the positioning channels in the rails of the track base and further comprises a bottom surface;
two rail bars formed on and protruding outwardly from the bottom surface of the positioning board respectively at the two long opposite sides of the positioning board and mounted respectively in the positioning channels of the rails of the track base; and a recess formed in the bottom surface of the positioning board at the middle of the positioning board, the recess being parallel with the long opposite sides of the positioning board to form a space between the middle of the positioning board and the top surface of the bottom panel.
5. The socket holding frame as claimed in claim 4, wherein the curved engaging groove of each first engaging segment has a depth gradually increasing from two ends to the middle of the curved engaging groove.
6. The socket holding frame as claimed in claim 1, wherein the curved engaging groove of each first engaging segment has a depth gradually increasing from two ends to the middle of the curved engaging groove.
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