IP Library Granted Patent US 8,613,456
Granted Patent B2
US 8,613,456 · App. 13/317,140 · Granted Dec 24, 2013

Toolbox assembly

Inventors: Larry Mitchell Grela (Plainfield, IL); Edwin Dizon Manalang (Burbank, IL)
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Patent No.
US 8,613,456
App. No.
13/317,140
Granted
Dec 24, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A toolbox assembly 10 which is adapted to allow material to be easily and securely stored and retrieved and which is aesthetically pleasing and structurally sound.

Claims (4)

1. A toolbox assembly comprising a hollow body having an interior surface; a bottom member; a pair of side members; a planar support member having third and second generally planar surfaces; a planar top member having a first surface which is substantially identical to and coupled to said second surface of said planar support member and said third surface of said planar support member having a longitudinal axis of symmetry and which is attached to said end members; a plurality of substantially identical support members which are attached to said third opposed surface, which are linearly coextensive to said third opposed surface and which are parallel to said longitudinal axis of symmetry of said third opposed surface, and each of said identical support members include a respective pair of troughs which reside between a respective pair of raised lip portions which are attached to said third opposed surface, and wherein said pair of raised lip portions are coplanar and each of which lie in a plane which is parallel to said third opposed surface; a plurality of interior panels which reside within said hollow body and which are orthogonal to and coupled to the said third opposed surface; a bar which traverses the width of said interior surface, which traverses each of said plurality of interior panels, and which is coupled to each of said end members, thereby securing said plurality of interior panels within said hollow body and wherein each of said plurality of panels include respective apertures; filler material residing within each of said pair of troughs of each of said plurality of support members and abutting said third opposed surface; a generally planar back panel which is coupled to each of said pair of side members and to said planar support member; a first rail positioned upon a first of said plurality of said interior panels; a second rail positioned upon a second of said plurality of said panels; a first drawer having a pair of opposed sides and a first rail reception portion deployed upon a first of said opposed sides of said first drawer and a second rail reception portion deployed upon a second of said opposed sides of said first drawer; a second drawer having a pair of opposed sides and a third rail reception portion deployed upon a first of said opposed sides of said second drawer and a second rail reception portion deployed upon a second of said opposed sides of said second drawer, whereby each of said first and second drawers may be selectively and operatively placed upon any one of said first and second rails, and wherein each of said first and second drawers including a respective planar bottom member and three substantially through members which are equidistantly spaced and deployed upon said respective bottom surface and which are linearly coextensive; and a respective front member having a front planar surface which terminates into an “S” shaped lip and which includes a ledge portion which is coupled to said respective planar bottom member and which forms a trough between said respective planar bottom member and said planar surface and which is linearly coextensive to each of said respective planar bottom member and said planar surface; and a planar reinforcement member which is positioned within and which is linearly coextensive to said formed trough.

2. The toolbox assembly of claim 1 wherein a first of said plurality of interior panels comprises first and second panel members which are joined along respective edges.

3. The toolbox assembly of claim 2 wherein each of said drawers respectively include a respective back wall having a ledge; and a pair of substantially identical latches which are respectively deployed upon said respective ledge.

4. The toolbox assembly of claim 3 wherein each of said latches is generally “L” shaped having a selectively movable level which has a hook shape and which extends from a ledge in a direction away from said back wall; a planar end which is deployed upon said ledge; and a spring assembly which couples said planar end to said lever, wherein said spring assembly normally biases said lever against said ledge.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2016
From: MANALANG, EDWIN DIZON
To: GRELA, LARRY MITCHELL
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Continuity (1)
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