IP Library Granted Patent US 10,603,784
Granted Patent B2
US 10,603,784 · App. 15/534,098 · Granted Mar 31, 2020

Case for accommodating tools or small parts

Inventors: Felix Timm (Dornstadt, DE); Johannes Starke (Ellhofen, DE); Daniel Kraus (Niederstotzingen, DE); Simon Koch (Dörzbach, DE); Wolfgang Hohl (Künzelsau, DE)
Assignee: Würth International AG.
B25H3/025B25H3/006B25H3/021
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Patent No.
US 10,603,784
App. No.
15/534,098
Granted
Mar 31, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A case for accommodating tools or small parts includes a main body, having a lid, which is articulated in a pivotable manner on the main body, and a holder for documents and/or small parts, which is fastened on an inner side of the lid. The case is configured such that an inner side of the lid is provided with a plurality of first fastening devices, which are designed to match second fastening devices on the holder, wherein the first and second fastening devices are designed, and arranged, such that the holder can be secured in at least two different positions on the inner side of the lid.

Claims (20)

1. A case for accommodating tools or small parts, comprising:

a main body,

having a lid, which is articulated in a pivotable manner on the main body, and

having a holder for documents and/or small parts, which is fastened on an inner side of the lid,

wherein the inner side of the lid is sized to receive the holder and is provided with a plurality of first fastening devices, which are designed to match second fastening devices on the holder,

wherein the first and second fastening devices are designed, and arranged, such that the holder can be secured in at least two different positions, displaced from each other, on the inner side of the lid,

wherein the first and second fastening devices are designed in the form of latching devices,

wherein the first fastening devices have undercut openings and the second fastening devices have protrusions with undercuts, and

wherein the openings have an introduction portion and at least one elongate retaining portion, which extends from the introduction portion, wherein a width of the retaining portion is smaller than a width of the introduction portion.

2. The case according to claim 1 , wherein the holder has at least one through-opening in the region of the second fastening devices, wherein the at least one through-opening allows a visual/optical inspection of the fully latched state of the fastening devices.

3. The case according to claim 1 , further including two retaining portions, which extend from the introduction portion and enclose between them an angle of at least 90 degrees.

4. The case according to claim 1 , wherein the second fastening devices have a stub, which extends from an underside of the holder, and a latching protrusion, which is arranged at the free end of the stub and projects laterally beyond the stub, an undercut therefore being formed between the latching protrusion and the underside of the holder.

5. The case according to claim 4 , wherein the holder, in the region of the latching protrusion, has at least one through-opening, and therefore the latching protrusion, with the holder removed from the lid, can be seen through the through-opening and, with the holder installed correctly on the lid, is at least partially concealed by the inner side of the lid.

6. The case according to claim 1 , wherein the lid has at least one raised portion, which projects into the interior, wherein the lid has a covering part, which is arranged on the inner side of the lid and at least partially encloses the raised portion, wherein the covering part and the at least one raised portion form an essentially planar inner side of the lid.

7. The case according to claim 6 , wherein the first fastening devices are provided on the covering part.

8. The case according to claim 1 , wherein the holder is designed in the form of a plastics injection moulding.

9. The case according to claim 1 , wherein the holder has a resilient tongue, which butts against the inner side of the lid when the holder is empty.

10. The case according to claim 1 , wherein the first fastening devices are arranged on the lid, and the second fastening devices are arranged on the holder, at the same unit spacings apart.

11. The case according to claim 10 , wherein the distances between the first fastening devices on the lid and the distances between the second fastening devices on the holder are arranged at the same unit spacings apart both in the longitudinal direction and in the transverse direction of the lid.

12. The case according to claim 11 , wherein the second fastening devices on the holder are arranged at the corner points of an imaginary square, wherein a side length of the square corresponds to a distance between the first fastening devices on the lid or a multiple of said distance.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2020
From: ADOLF WÜRTH GMBH & CO. KG
To: WÜRTH INTERNATIONAL AG.
Reel/Frame 051825/0108 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2017
From: TIMM, FELIX; STARKE, JOHANNES; KRAUS, DANIEL; KOCH, SIMON; HOHL, WOLFGANG
To: ADOLF WÜRTH GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 042645/0865 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 225 512 · Dec 11, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170361455A1 · Dec 21, 2017
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