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US 7,954,651 · App. 12/551,867 · Granted Jun 7, 2011

Tool rack

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Patent No.
US 7,954,651
App. No.
12/551,867
Granted
Jun 7, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tool rack has a slide rack and multiple hangers. The slide rack has a baseboard and an elongated rail protruding from the baseboard. The multiple hangers are slidably mounted on the rail of the slide rack, and each has a hanging body and a hanging shaft. The hanging body is made by injection molding and slidably connected to the rail of the slide rack and has a protruding side and a connecting mount. The connecting mount protrudes from the protruding side of the hanging body and has an inserting hole formed in the connecting mount. The hanging shaft is metal and has an inserting end and a bent end. The inserting end is mounted in the inserting hole and surrounded by the connecting mount. The bent end is opposite to the inserting end and is bent upward for hanging a hand tool.

Claims (51)

1. A tool rack comprising

a slide rack having

a baseboard; and

a rail being elongated and protruding from the baseboard;

multiple hangers slidably mounted on the rail of the slide rack and each having

a hanging body made by injection molding and slidably connected to the rail of the slide rack and having

a protruding side defined on the hanging body; and

a rod connecting mount protruding from the protruding side of the hanging body and extending an axial length along the rod and having

an inserting hole being a blind hole formed in the connecting mount; and

an engaging recess formed in the connecting mount and communicating with the inserting hole of the connecting mount; and

a hanging shaft made of metal and having

an inserting end mounted in the inserting hole and surrounded and covered completely by the connecting mount having a rectangular engaging tab formed on and protruding radially from the inserting end of the hanging shaft and mounted in the engaging recess of a corresponding connecting mount; and

a bent end opposite to the inserting end and having a hook bent upward for hanging a hand tool.

2. The tool rack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

the protruding sides of hanging bodies are opposite to the slide rack; and

each connecting mount protrudes toward the bent end of the hanging shaft which is mounted in the connecting mount.

3. The tool rack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

the baseboard is elongated;

the rail has

two arms respectively protruding from the baseboard, and each having

an engaging end opposite to the baseboard and having a thickness; and

an engaging rib formed on the engaging end and having a thickness thicker than the thickness of the engaging end; and

a space defined between the arms;

each hanging body further has an outer side opposite to the protruding side and two hooking arms respectively and slidably engaged the engaging ribs of the arms;

the protruding sides of the hanging bodies face to the slide rack;

the connecting mounts of the hanging bodies respectively protrude from the protruding sides of the hanging bodies and extend into the space of the rail; and

the inserting ends of the hanging shafts are respectively mounted through the outer sides and the protruding sides of the hanging bodies and are mounted in and surrounded by the connecting mounts of the hanging bodies.

4. The tool rack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

the baseboard is an elongated rectangular board and further has

a front;

an upper section;

a lower section;

two ends; and

two holes respectively formed through and defined near the ends at the upper section of the baseboard; and

the rail is formed on and protrudes from the front and the lower section of the baseboard.

5. The tool rack as claimed in claim 2 , wherein

the baseboard is an elongated rectangular board and further has

a front;

an upper section;

a lower section;

two ends; and

two holes respectively formed through and defined near the ends at the upper section of the baseboard; and

the rail is formed on and protrudes perpendicularly from the front and the lower section of the baseboard.

6. The tool rack as claimed in claim 3 , wherein

the baseboard is an elongated rectangular board and further has

a front;

an upper section;

a lower section;

two ends; and

two holes respectively formed through and defined near the ends at the upper section of the baseboard; and

the rail is formed on and protrudes perpendicularly from the front and the lower section of the baseboard.

Continuity (1)
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