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US 10,603,785 · App. 16/414,189 · Granted Mar 31, 2020

Tool rack

Inventor: Chih-Chien Hsieh (Taichung, TW)
B25H3/04B25H3/003
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,603,785
App. No.
16/414,189
Granted
Mar 31, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

A tool rack has a long base and a positioning structure disposed in the base, wherein the positioning structure includes a plugged impression, a socket seat and a connecting part, wherein the plugged impression is provided with a convex column for positioning the socket. The socket seat is used for positioning the socket wrench. The positioning structure can be used to dispose the socket and the socket wrench which are often used together, and it can improve the convenience of the tool user to take and store the socket and the socket wrench.

Claims (23)

1. A tool rack comprising:

a base having a sliding chute at a concave top edge thereof, the sliding chute extending to opposite ends of said base; and

a positioning structure disposed in said base and slidably mounted in said sliding chute, said positioning structure comprising:

a plugged impression;

a socket seat; and

a connecting part connecting said plugged impression to said socket seat, said plugged impression being embedded in the sliding chute, said plugged impression having a convex column at a convex top edge thereof, wherein a center line of the convex column passes through opposite ends of the convex column, one end of the center line extending through the sliding chute, the convex column having a positioning part at one side thereof;

a socket seat positioned laterally position to said base, said socket seat having a top edge having a recessed socket hole, wherein at least one positioning hole is disposed in the socket hole, said socket seat adapted to receive a driving portion of a socket wrench.

2. The tool rack of claim 1 , wherein a recessed direction of the socket hole is identical to a recessed direction of the sliding chute.

3. The tool rack of claim 1 , wherein a bottom edge of said base and a bottom edge of said socket seat are flush with each other.

4. The tool rack of claim 2 , wherein a bottom edge of said base and a bottom edge of said socket seat are flush with each other.

5. The tool rack of claim 3 , wherein the bottom edge of said socket seat is planar.

6. The tool rack of claim 4 , wherein the bottom edge of said socket seat is planar.

7. The tool rack of claim 3 , wherein the bottom edge of said socket seat is non-planar.

8. The tool rack of claim 4 , wherein the bottom edge of the socket seat is non-planar.

9. The tool rack of claim 3 , wherein said positioning structure has a rib at a bottom edge of said connecting part and said socket seat adjacent to a side of said base.

10. The tool rack of claim 4 , wherein said positioning structure has a rib at a bottom edge of said connecting part and said socket seat adjacent to a side of said base.

11. The tool rack of claim 9 , wherein the rib abuts against said base.

12. The tool rack of claim 10 , wherein the rib abuts against said base.

13. The tool rack of claim 1 , wherein said socket seat has a pair of positioning holes on a wall of the socket hole, the pair of positioning holes being opposite to each other.

14. The tool rack of claim 1 , wherein the positioning hole passes through a hole wall of the socket hole.

15. The tool rack of claim 13 , wherein each of the pair of positioning holes passes through the wall of the socket hole.

16. The tool rack of claim 1 , wherein the positioning hole is a ball-shaped blind hole.

17. The tool rack of claim 13 , wherein each of the pair of positioning holes is a ball-shaped blind hole.

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