Portable combination toolbox, workbench, and dispensing crib
View Patent ↗The portable toolbox has a top, bottom, front and rear panels forming a box structure with opposing sides tilted off-vertical so as to converge upwardly. A plurality of hinged drawers and fixed bins are arranged on each side of the toolbox. The rear panel terminates at a pair of supporting feet for resting the apparatus on a supporting surface and a pair of wheels for moving the toolbox. By lifting the toolbox from its forward end, the toolbox moves from resting on its rear legs, to resting on its rear wheels. The top panel provides an upwardly facing work surface with a pair of hand holes separated by a hand grip for carrying the apparatus. A forward and a rearward sliding retractable work surface extender frames are positionable between a retracted position, secured within the box structure and an extended position directed outwardly from the box structure for resting a workpiece.
1. A portable toolbox apparatus comprising: a plurality of hinged drawers having hinged drawer front faces, the front faces positioned on both of opposing sides of the apparatus in mutually convergent planes; a rear panel of the apparatus terminating downwardly with a pair of supporting rear feet positioned for resting the apparatus in contact with a supporting surface; a top panel providing an upwardly facing work surface; a forward extender frame; a rearward extender frame, both of the extender frames positionable between a retracted position within the apparatus, and an extended position extending outwardly from the apparatus; and a pair of wheels, the wheels positioned rearwardly on the apparatus such that with the pair of supporting rear feet in contact with the supporting surface, the wheels are not in contact with the supporting surface, and with a front of the apparatus lifted from the supporting surface, the wheels are in contact with the supporting surface, while the supporting rear feet are not in contact with the supporting surface, whereby, the apparatus is enabled for rolling on the supporting surface; at least one of a forward and a rearward extender frame braces each linearly positionable between a retracted position fully within the apparatus and an extended position extended outwardly from the apparatus; each of the extender frame braces pivotable upwardly in support of one of the extender frames.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein each one of the hinged drawers comprises an open top pocket structure providing an interior drawer volume, the hinged drawers movable between a closed attitude wherein the interior drawer volume is inaccessible and an open, laterally outwardly tilted, attitude providing access to the interior drawer volume for placement and removal of tools and hardware in, and from, the hinged drawers.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein each one of the fixed bins provides a bottom bin surface angled for urging hardware toward a rear wall of the fixed bin.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising at least one sliding shelf positionable between a retracted shelf position fully enclosed within the apparatus, and an extended shelf position partially extending forward of the front of the apparatus.