US1354926A - Garment-supported tool-carrier - Google Patents

Description

R R. THOMAS.

Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

WITNESS: v I N VEN TOR: BY I 9 I J-dwd,

unrrno STATES PATENT QFFICE.

RICHARD H. THOMAS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

GARMENT-SUPPORTED TOOL-CARRIER.

Application filed May 5, 1920.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD H. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Garment-Supported Tool-Carrier, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to a holder that is designed to be connected to a workmans garment, more particularly to his overalls, to carry a frequently-used tool, for example a paper-hangers shears, the invention having reference more particularly to a tool carrier that is designed to permit a tool to be quickly and readily placed in it without requiring observation of the workman, and

also permitting the tool to be readily reached and withdrawn for use. v

An object ofthe invention is to provide a tool-carrier which shall be so constructed as to be capable of being firmly secured to a garment, such as overalls, and which may be further supported if desired by the work mans belt when a heavy tool is to be carried. Another object is to provide a toolcarrier which shall be especially adapted for carrying long shears such as used by ing the tool to interfere with free movement of the workman on a ladder, which carrier shall be durable and economical in use.

lVith the above-mentioned and other objects in View, the invention consists in a tool-carrier having certain novel features of construction whereby improved results are obtained in use; and, the invention consists also further in the novel parts or fea tures, and in the combinations and arrangements thereof, as hereinafter particularly Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

Serial No. 379,114.

described and further defined in the accompanying claims.

Referring to the drawings,Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved tool-carrier; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the toolcarrier represented as beingconnected to a workmans garment and further supported by the workmans belt, and illustrating a paper-hangers shears in the carrier, the garment and the belt and also the shears being shown by broken lines; Fig. 3 is a top view of the improved carrier; Fig. 4 is a top view of the carrier and shear blades in transverse section arranged as when the shears are being inserted in the carrier; Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section of the carrier; and, Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail of associated parts of the carrier.

Similar reference characters in the different figures of the drawings indicate corresponding elements or features of construction herein referred to in detail.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates the clothed body of the workman, 2 the workmans overalls and 3 the workmans belt; and 4 and 5 indicate shear blades, 6 the larger handle eye and 7 the smaller handle eye of the shears which the carrier is more particularly designed to accommodate. rier comprises a base plate 8 designed to be arranged uprightly against the workmans right leg or thigh and it has a concave lower right-hand edge portion 9 so that an upper guide extension 10 is formed of less depth than the body portion of the plate, the extension being curved rearw ardly to approximately fit to the leg. At the lefthand side or edge of the base plate it has a rearwardly curved guide extension 11 at the upper portion of the plate. The carrier has a sheath member comprising a curved base portion 12 extending from the plate 8 below the extension 11 to support the handle eye 6 of the shears, and a front portion 13 extending from the portion 12 and divergently with respectto the plate 8. The curved portion 12 of the sheath has an outwardly extending flange or bead 14: at its top to afford ample surface for supporting the shear handle and to also stiffen the curved portion. The main portion of the sheath extends downward a suitable distance toward but not as far as the lower edge of the plate 8, and a portion of its top edge As preferably constructed the carthe curved portion 12. The lower right- I hand portion of the sheath member is cut top edge -13-. The extension 16 has 'a'hinge' away so as to form a concave edge 15 and to leave a relatively narrow extension 16, the top edge 17 of which is higher than the member 18 integral therewith which extends from the top edge 17 downward toward but not as far as the lower edge ofthe extension so that a recess 19 is formed for av purpose which will become apparent. An arm 20 is provided which has aright-angled shaft 21 thereon which is rotatively ar ranged in the hinge member and extends downward through it. The arm 20 has a locking-bar 22 on its end which extends forwardly at an obtuse angle relatively to the arm, and the end of the bar preferably has a downward extending stop finger 23 thereon to engage the front of the sheath member,the locking-barextending over the top of the member and may be partially sup.- portedthereon so as to afford a support for the handle eye 7 of the shears when the arm 20 is held in contact with the plate'8. The lower end of the shaft 21 has a slot 24 therein, a coil spring 25 is arranged on the projecting portion of the shaft and masked in the recess 19 so as to not be obstructive, and the spring has one arm '26 extending into said slot and another arm 27 in contact with the back of the extension 16 below the hinge member 18. The base plate is provided with a suitable number of pins for detachably securing it to the workmans garment, there being preferably three pins so as to firmly secure. the carrier in place "and prevent it from tilting. The securing pins may be variously constructed but preferably comprise base rods 28, 29 and 30 respectively, which preferably are passed through loops .31, 32 and 33' respectively,

'which are pressed from the metal of the carrier base, one being adjacent to the extension ll and another in the extension 10;

and pointed pins 34, 35 and 36 are formed integral with the base rods respectively,

3 the lower portion of each base rod having 7 receive a supporting strap 10 which has a a catch 37 formed thereon to retain the adjacent pin. The lower portion of each base rod preferably is secured to the base plate by means of solder 38.

Preferably the upper portion of the base,

plate 8 has a horizontal slot 39 therein to loop 11 to receive and be supported by the belt 3. r

In practical use, the carrier being in po sitionas described, the spring 25 holds the ar1n20 with slight pressure against the plate 8. The workman holding the shears thrusts the blade sidewiseagainst the arm 20 which is swung away from the plate 8 by the shear blades, the blades sliding against shears from falling away from behind the sheath member. lVhen the workman again needs the shears he can readily find the handles and withdraw the shears from the carrier, being permitted to readily pull them upward therefrom. As the workman moves about, the shears hang securely in the carrier and the well supported handle eyes prevent them from tilting about and becoming obstructive.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is--. V

1. A tool-carrier including a base plate, a sheath member extending from the base plate and having an end extension and a top extension, the sheath member havinga bead on its top adjacent to the base plate, an arm having a shaft rotatively supported by the end extension and having also a locking'bar thereon guided upon the top extension of the sheath member, the shaft terminating 'adja'centto the lower edge of the extension,

and a spring connected with the shaft of the arm adjacent to its end and also with the end extension of the sheath member.

2. A tool-carrier including a base plate having rearwardly curved extensions on the upper; portions of j the two opposite ends thereof, the plate having a sheath member comprising a forwardly-curvedi base portion extending-fromfan end of the base plate belowone of the extensions thereof anda front portion extending from the base portion, the curved base portion having a flange extendingbutward from the top thereof, said front portion having an end extension, the upper portion of the end extension having a hinge member thereon, a locking arm having a shaft rotatively supported by said hinge memberand having also a bar on its end that extends across the top of said extension and has'a downward extending short; projection on its end, the lower end of said shaft having a coil spring thereon, the spring having an arm connected to the shaft and anarm engaging said end extension, anda plurality of pins secured to the upper portion ofthe back of the base plate.

. 3. A tool-carrier including a base plate having rearwardly-curved extensions on the upper portions of the two; opposite ends thereof, the upper portion of the plate having a slot thereon to receive a hanger, the plate having also a sheathmember compris ing a forwardly-curved base portion extending froman endof the base plate below one of the extensions thereof and a front portion extending from the curved base portion, the curved base portion having a flange extending outward from the top thereof, said front portion having an end extension and a top extension, the upper portion of the end extension having a hinge member thereon, a locking arm having a shaft rotatively supported by said hinge member and having a bar on its end that extends across the top of said top extension and has a down- Ward-extending projection on its end, the lower end of said shaft having a slot therein, a coil spring on said shaft and having an arm secured in said shaft slot and an arm engaging said end extension, and a plurality of securing pins mounted on the back of said base plate.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

. RICHARD R. THOMAS.

Witnesses HOMER L. ARCHER, E. T. SILVIUs.

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