Hand tool rack
View Patent ↗A hand tool rack has an elongated base bracket and multiple clamping elements. The base bracket has a baseboard and a rail bracket. The rail bracket is formed on and protrudes from the baseboard. The clamping elements are movably mounted on the rail bracket and each clamping element has a clamping arm and a tool mount. The clamping arm is slidably mounted and clamps on the rail bracket and has two holders. The tool mount is formed on and protrudes from the clamping arm and has a tool hole, a mounting slit and two recesses. The tool hole is formed through an upper surface and a lower surface of the tool mount. The mounting slit is formed through the upper surface, a front surface and the lower surface of the tool mount and communicates with the tool hole. The recesses are respectively formed in the sidewalls of the tool mount.
1. A hand tool rack comprising:
an elongated base bracket having
a baseboard being elongated and having
a front surface;
a rear surface;
a top edge;
a bottom edge;
two ends; and
two bolt holes respectively formed through the surfaces of the baseboard near the ends of the baseboard; and
a rail bracket longitudinally formed on and protruding from the front surface of the baseboard and having
an upper rail longitudinally formed on and protruding from the front surface of the baseboard near the bolt holes; and
a lower rail longitudinally formed on and protruding from the front surface of the baseboard and being parallel to the upper rail; and
multiple clamping elements movably mounted on the base bracket and each clamping element having
a rear end slidably mounted and clamping on the base bracket;
a front end; and
a clamping arm formed on the rear end of the clamping element, slidably mounted and clamping on the upper and lower rails of the rail bracket and having
an upper holder clamped on the upper rail of the rail bracket; and
a lower holder clamped on the lower rail of the rail bracket; and
a tool mount being hollow, formed on the front end of the clamping element and formed on and protruding from the clamping arm and having
an upper surface;
a lower surface;
a front surface;
two sidewalls parallel to each other;
a tool hole formed through the upper surface and the lower surface of the tool mount;
a mounting slit formed through the upper surface, the front surface and the lower surface of the tool mount and communicating with the tool hole; and
two recesses respectively formed in the sidewalls of the tool mount for allowing the tool mount to undergo elastic deformation;
wherein a minimum distance between the recess and the tool hole of each clamping element is smaller than a minimum distance between the sidewall of the tool mount and the mounting slit of the clamping element.
2. The hand tool rack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hand tool rack has two hangers movably mounted on the base bracket and each hanger has
a body being a panel and having
a front side; and
a rear side;
two mounting arms formed on and protruding from the front side of the body and clamped on the top edge and the bottom edge of the baseboard; and
a hanging arm formed on and protruding from the rear side of the body.
3. The hand tool rack as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
the upper and lower rails of the rail bracket are panel shaped;
the rail bracket has a channel formed in the rail bracket between the upper and lower rails and the front surface of the baseboard; and
the upper and lower holders of the clamping arm of each clamping element are hooks and are clamped on the upper and lower rails of the rail bracket.
4. The hand tool rack as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
the upper and lower rails of the rail bracket are hook shaped; and
the upper and lower holders of the clamping arm of each clamping element are cylinders and are mounted in the upper and lower rails of the rail bracket.
5. The hand tool rack as claimed in claim 3 , wherein
the tool hole of the tool mount of each clamping element is formed through the upper surface and the lower surface of the tool mount near the front surface; and
the recesses of the tool mount of each clamping element are arc shaped.
6. The hand tool rack as claimed in claim 4 wherein
the tool hole of the tool mount of each clamping element is formed through the upper surface and the lower surface of the tool mount near the front surface; and
the recesses of the tool mount of each clamping element are arc shaped.
7. The hand tool rack as claimed in claim 5 , wherein
the tool hole of the tool mount of each clamping element is circular; and
the tool mount of each clamping element has a guiding face formed on the front surface of the tool mount.
8. The hand tool rack as claimed in claim 5 , wherein
the tool hole of the tool mount of each clamping element is U shaped; and
the tool mount of each clamping element has a guiding face formed on the front surface of the tool mount.
9. The hand tool rack as claimed in claim 6 , wherein
the tool hole of the tool mount of each clamping element is circular; and
the tool mount of each clamping element has a guiding face formed on the front surface of the tool mount.
10. The hand tool rack as claimed in claim 6 , wherein
the tool hole of the tool mount of each clamping element is U shaped; and
the tool mount of each clamping element has a guiding face formed on the front surface of the tool mount.