Color coding system for sizing fastener parts, tools and storage bins
View Patent ↗The color coding system is for use with a storage bin for fastener parts and tools that assists in identifying and matching the cooperating sizes of fastener parts and tools by using color code markings on the various sizes for tools and fastener parts. The color coding system can readily communicate visually to a user the size of a selected fastener part, the sizes of cooperating fastener parts and the sizes of the cooperating tools for each of the selected fastener parts.
1. A color coding system for a storage bin to size fastener parts and cooperating tools, the color coding system comprising:
a storage bin;
a plurality of fastener parts, wherein said fastener parts having different sizes;
a plurality of tools, wherein said tools having different sizes, wherein at least one of said tools fits at least one of said fastener parts;
a plurality of labels;
a plurality of first color code markings, wherein each of said first color code markings designates a specific size of a respective fastener part, and each of said first color code markings is disposed on a respective one of said plurality of labels;
a plurality of second color code markings, wherein each of said second color code markings designates a specific size of a respective tool, and each of said second color code markings is disposed on a respective one of said plurality of labels; wherein the fastener part designated by the first color code marking on one of said plurality of labels is sized to cooperate with the tool designated by the second color code marking that is disposed on the same label;
a plurality of third color code markings, wherein each of said third color code markings is disposed on a respective tool and each of said third color code markings designates a specific size comprised by the respective tool;
wherein the first, second and third color code markings comprise a unique color for each one of the designated sizes;
wherein said labels are disposed on the storage bin, such that each compartment has a respective label thereon; and
wherein said first and second color code markings on a respective label indicate cooperating sizes of the designated fastener part and the designated tool.
2. The color coding system of claim 1 , wherein one of said plurality of labels for each of the different sizes of fasteners is disposed on a respective one of said compartments comprising the storage bin and said label indicates the size of the fastener part designated for storage in said compartment.
3. The color coding system of claim 2 , further comprising a plurality of size indicating apertures, wherein one of said size indicating apertures is disposed on a front panel of each of said compartments and each of said size indicating apertures has a diameter comprising a size that coincides with one of the different sizes of the fastener parts designated on the label disposed on the respective compartment.
4. The color coding system of claim 2 , comprising a fourth color code marking disposed on said fastener parts, wherein said fourth color code marking on each one of the fastener parts comprises a color that matches the first color code marking disposed on the label of a compartment designated for holding cooperating fastener parts.
5. The color coding system of claim 4 , wherein any of said fastener parts having a fourth color code marking that matches a color of said third color code marking on at least one of said tools is sized to fit with said one tool designated by said third color code marking.
6. The color coding system of claim 5 , wherein any of said fastener parts having a fourth color code marking that matches a color of the fourth color marking on another fastener part is sized to fit with said another fastener part.
7. The color coding system of claim 2 , wherein when said third color code marking on a tool comprises a color that matches the color of said second color code marking on the label of a compartment designated to hold at least one fastener part, said designated fastener part is sized to fit said respective tool.
8. The color coding system of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of labels further comprises a written description of one of said fastener parts, a picture of said one fastener part and a bar code for said one fastener part.
9. A color coding system for a storage bin, fastener parts, and cooperating tools comprising:
a storage bin;
a plurality of fastener parts, said fastener parts comprising a plurality of different sizes;
a plurality of tools, said tools comprising a plurality of different sizes, wherein at least one of said tools fits at least one of said fastener parts;
a plurality of labels, wherein each of said labels includes a written description of one of said fastener parts, a picture of said one fastener part and a bar code for said one fastener part;
a plurality of first color code markings disposed on said labels to indicate size of said fastener parts;
a plurality of second color code markings disposed on said labels to indicate size of said tools;
a plurality of third color code markings disposed on said plurality of tools; and
wherein said storage bin includes a plurality of compartments and a ruler;
wherein each of said compartments comprises a front panel with a display surface, and a fastener size indicating aperture;
wherein said plurality of labels are mounted on said storage bin, such that one label is disposed on the front panel of each of said compartments;
wherein at least one of said different sizes of said fastener parts coincides with at least one of said different sizes of said plurality of tools;
wherein one of said size indicating apertures is disposed on each of said front panels and has a diameter of a size that coincides with at least one of the different sizes of the fastener parts;
one of said tools having a third color code marking that comprises a color matching the second color code marking on the label of one of the compartments is sized to fit said fastener part designated to be stored in said one compartment.
10. The color coding system of claim 9 , further comprising a plurality of fourth color code markings disposed on said plurality of fastener parts; wherein each of said fourth color code markings is disposed on one of said fastener parts and indicates a size of the fastener part; and wherein said fastener parts having a fourth color code marking that matches a color of another of said fourth color markings on another fastener part is sized to fit with said another fastener part.