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EP0316488A1
EP0316488A1 EP87310103A EP87310103A EP0316488A1 EP 0316488 A1 EP0316488 A1 EP 0316488A1 EP 87310103 A EP87310103 A EP 87310103A EP 87310103 A EP87310103 A EP 87310103A EP 0316488 A1 EP0316488 A1 EP 0316488A1
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Raymond Lawrence Rozmestor
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Advanced Concept Tools Inc
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Advanced Concept Tools Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
    • B25B13/00—Spanners; Wrenches
    • B25B13/56—Spanner sets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25H—WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS
    • B25H3/00—Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments
    • B25H3/06—Trays

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  • This invention relates to article holders in general and more particularly to organizers for holding a set of articles, generally articles of ascending and descending size, in such a manner that the articles will be securely retained in the holder while being readily identifiable and available for use.
  • Article holders in accordance with the invention are particularly useful, for example, for holding sets of small operating tools such as wrench sockets, however, the invention is also applicable to use for holding and retaining numerous other forms of tools, and like articles such as medicine bottles and the like.
  • an article holder in accordance with the present invention comprises a housing having a base wall and a top wall defining a hollow space therebetween, an opening in the top wall, an article receiver of tubular form located in the hollow space with the opening defining an open end of the receiver, the receiver being slit longitudinally to make it radially expandable and contractable, and the holder further including resilient means embracing the receiver for exerting an inwardly directed radial contraction force on the receiver resiliently resisting radial expansion thereof so that an article of suitable size inserted into the receiver may be frictionally retained therein by resilient expansion of the receiver and the resilient means.
  • the receiver is of circular cross section tapering radially inwardly from said one end toward the opposite end with the resilient means in the form of at least one endless band of resilient material surrounding the receiver.
  • the holder may further include an article stop extending from the base wall into the opposite end of the receiver for determining the level to which the article projects from the top wall of the holder when inserted into the receiver.
  • the holder For use as an organizer for a set of different size articles such as wrench sockets, the holder includes plural openings, article receivers, and stops as aforesaid for the articles, the respective openings and receivers being sized to retain the different size articles and preferably being arranged in ascending/­descending order, the heights of the respective stops above the base wall being related to the lengths of the respective articles so that the articles each project above the top wall substantially to the same level.
  • This arrangement enables the articles to be securely frictionally retained in the respective receivers but readily removed when required.
  • the respective stops may be provided with ejector mechanisms including a pushbutton projecting from the top plate of the holder and a lever linkage connecting the pushbutton to the respective stop so that the stop is elevated to eject an article responsive to depression of the pushbutton.
  • FIG. 1-5 there is shown a first embodiment article holder in accordance with the invention in the form of a flattish substantially rectangular organizer 10 for a set of wrench sockets 12. It will be evident more particularly from Figure 1 that the sockets are retained in the organizer in ascending/descending size order in three longitudinal rows.
  • the organizer may, for example, comprise a base member 14 and a dish-like lid member 16, both the base and lid members, for example, being of molded plastic.
  • the lid member may, for example, be provided with suitable internal ribs 18 whereby the base member is secured thereto by screws 20 or the like.
  • the base member may be provided with an integral belt hook 22.
  • Lid member 16 has a top wall 24 which is formed with rows of openings 26 of respectively different sizes to suit the sizes of the respective wrench sockets. Each opening 26 in the top wall defines one open end of a tubular socket receiver 28 located in a hollow space defined between top wall 24 and base member 14.
  • the tubular receivers which in the illustrated embodiment are of circular cross section, may be integrally molded with lid member 16 or alternatively they may be separate elements suitably secured to the under surface of wall 24 around the respective openings 26.
  • the receivers 28 taper inwardly toward the base 14 and additionally have a neck portion 30 adjacent the opening 26 which is of increased taper. Further, the receivers are slit longitudinally by slits 32 to make them radially contractable and expandable.
  • each receiver is provided with an encircling band 34 of resilient or elastic material.
  • the band is located at the base of neck portion 30 of the respective receiver and exerts a resilient contracting force thereon.
  • the bands 34 have flat engagement surfaces with the respective receivers to prevent the bands rolling down the tapered outer surfaces of the respective receivers.
  • Base 14 of the organizer is provided with upwardly directed stops 36 which project into the lower ends of the respective receivers 28 thereby limiting the amount of insertion of the respective sockets 12.
  • the stops may be adapted in height to the respective receiver diameters and related to the sizes of the sockets 12 in the socket set so that sockets of different height when inserted in their respective receivers down to the level of the stops will project above wall 24 to the same level, as shown in Figure 5. Where it will be evident that the height of the respective stops 36 shown therein is different in order to set the respective sockets at the same degree of projection above wall 24.
  • the respective openings 26 and receivers 28 are designed to receive respective sockets which are approximately the same nominal diameter as the bottom of the receiver necks 30. Accordingly, because the receivers taper downwardly when a socket is inserted into a receiver, it resiliently expands the receiver against the contraction force exerted by band 34 whereby when the socket is pressed fully home, the band 34 and the outer wall of the receiver exert an inwardly directed resilient retaining force on the socket preventing it from falling out of the receiver and securely retaining it therein until it is withdrawn by pulling same from the top.
  • the device described provides a convenient from of socket organizer which can either be carried by a workman using the belt hook 22 or which can be suspended from a convenient location.
  • socket organizer By arranging the sockets in ascending/descending size order, should a workman remove a particular socket and then find that he needs the next one in size, in either direction, this can be readily located by feel.
  • organizer has been specifically described for use with a set of wrench sockets, a similar construction is also useful for holding other articles.
  • Article holder structures in accordance with the invention can also be incorporated in other appliances such as tool boxes, trays, drawers, cases and the like.
  • the openings 24 and the receivers 28 have been shown and described as of circular cross section, this is to suit their application for retaining wrench sockets.
  • the receivers and openings could have a different shape, for example, rectangular, with longitudinally slit walls, in which case, the peripheral contraction means corresponding to bands 34 need not necessarily be endless so as to encircle the entire receiver but, for example, channel-shaped clips could be used as the contraction aids for rectangular-shaped receivers.
  • one or more of the stops 36 may be eliminated, and taller sockets or the like may engage directly against base wall 14.
  • the socket organizer 10 ⁇ illustrated in Figures 6-10 is of generally similar design and use to the socket organizer 10 previously described and like reference numerals are used to denote like parts.
  • the organizer is of circular shape with the socket openings 28 ⁇ arranged in a circle around the outside of the organizer.
  • the stops 36 ⁇ for the respective receivers 28 ⁇ are separate elements and are each provided with an ejector mechanism including a press button 40 and a lever 42 mounted on a post 44 extending inwardly from base wall 14 ⁇ of the organizer. It will be evident that the press buttons 40 and the respective stops 36 ⁇ are pivotally connected to opposite ends of lever 42 which itself pivots on post 44.
  • the respective press buttons 40 extend through openings 46 in top wall 24 ⁇ of the organizer and are arranged in a circle inside of the circle formed by the openings 26 ⁇ .
  • the stops 36 ⁇ may again be of different heights to suit the heights of the respective sockets 12 and it will be evident that depression of the respective press button 40 is effective to elevate the respective stop 36 ⁇ thereby ejecting a socket from its respective receiver, while the press button is returned to its elevated position when a socket is inserted into the respective receiver.
  • organizer 10 ⁇ is constructed and operates in a similar manner to that of the first embodiment.

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EP87310103A 1986-05-01 1987-11-16 Porte-articles Ceased EP0316488A1 (fr)

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US06/858,166 US4711353A (en) 1986-05-01 1986-05-01 Socket organizer
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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7165674B2 (en) 2004-02-18 2007-01-23 Black & Decker Inc. Storage container
CN101743101B (zh) * 2007-05-10 2014-06-25 瓦吉克公司 具有多个刀头存储器的手工工具及其使用方法
CN107971991A (zh) * 2017-12-28 2018-05-01 重庆臻展热处理有限公司 一种热处理管件安置架

Citations (7)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1838254A (en) * 1928-03-28 1931-12-29 Wakefield All Steel Wrench Com Socket wrench set
US2506717A (en) * 1945-09-07 1950-05-09 Joe E Romero Bottle dispensing cabinet
US2904215A (en) * 1957-02-18 1959-09-15 Kohler Eduard Dispensing machine
FR1324660A (fr) * 1962-06-07 1963-04-19 Cuvette profilée avec pince de fixation pour le rangement et la présentation des clés à douilles multiples
US3113689A (en) * 1961-10-03 1963-12-10 Moussong Monika Clamping plates for small containers, particularly ampoules
GB1021787A (en) * 1964-01-25 1966-03-09 James Chapman Improvements in or relating to storage racks
FR2200056A1 (fr) * 1972-09-27 1974-04-19 Searle & Co

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1838254A (en) * 1928-03-28 1931-12-29 Wakefield All Steel Wrench Com Socket wrench set
US2506717A (en) * 1945-09-07 1950-05-09 Joe E Romero Bottle dispensing cabinet
US2904215A (en) * 1957-02-18 1959-09-15 Kohler Eduard Dispensing machine
US3113689A (en) * 1961-10-03 1963-12-10 Moussong Monika Clamping plates for small containers, particularly ampoules
FR1324660A (fr) * 1962-06-07 1963-04-19 Cuvette profilée avec pince de fixation pour le rangement et la présentation des clés à douilles multiples
GB1021787A (en) * 1964-01-25 1966-03-09 James Chapman Improvements in or relating to storage racks
FR2200056A1 (fr) * 1972-09-27 1974-04-19 Searle & Co

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7165674B2 (en) 2004-02-18 2007-01-23 Black & Decker Inc. Storage container
CN101743101B (zh) * 2007-05-10 2014-06-25 瓦吉克公司 具有多个刀头存储器的手工工具及其使用方法
CN107971991A (zh) * 2017-12-28 2018-05-01 重庆臻展热处理有限公司 一种热处理管件安置架

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