Battery holder
The present invention relates to a battery holder including at least one compartment for receiving a battery, the compartment including a first side wall, second side wall, rear wall, base and a locking portion to secure the battery.
1. A wall-mountable power tool battery holder comprising more than one individual compartment, each individual compartment configured for receiving a respective battery and including a first side wall, a second side wall, a rear wall, a base, and a locking portion to secure the respective battery, the locking portion being located on the base, opposite the rear wall, at an open side the compartment, wherein:
the more than one compartments are arranged linearly;
the power tool battery holder is mountable to a wall by one or more countersunk screws so as to allow a screw head to sit flush with or below a surface of the base of the the wall-mountable power tool battery holder;
each individual compartment of the wall-mountable power tool battery holder is configured to store while keeping the respective battery of the individual compartment from being charged or discharged; and
a reverse side of the wall-mountable power tool battery holder comprises ribbing configured to provide strength during injection molding of the wall-mountable power tool battery holder.
2. The wall-mountable power tool battery holder of claim 1 , wherein the wall-mountable power tool battery holder has a length between 318 mm and 331.5 mm, a height between 22.5 mm and 27 mm, and a width between 90 mm and 104 mm.
3. The wall-mountable power tool battery holder of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first side wall or the second side wall of each individual compartment includes a lip to engage the respective battery.
4. The wall-mountable power tool battery holder of claim 1 , wherein each individual compartment is a female component moulded to complement a male component of the respective battery.
5. The wall-mountable power tool battery holder of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the first side wall or the second side wall of each individual compartment includes a lip to engage the respective battery.
6. The wall-mountable power tool battery holder of claim 2 , wherein the locking portion of each individual compartment is located opposite said rear wall in the base of the individual compartment.
7. The wall-mountable power tool battery holder of claim 3 , wherein the locking portion of each individual compartment is located opposite the rear wall in the base of the of the individual compartment.
8. The wall-mountable power tool battery holder of claim 2 , wherein each individual compartment is a female component moulded to complement a male component of the respective battery.
9. The wall-mountable power tool battery holder of claim 3 , wherein each individual compartment is a female component moulded to complement a male component of the respective battery.
10. The wall-mountable power tool battery holder of claim 5 , wherein each individual compartment is a female component moulded to complement a male component of the respective battery.
11. The wall-mountable power tool battery holder of claim 6 , wherein each individual compartment is a female component moulded to complement a male component of the respective battery.
12. The wall-mountable power tool battery holder of claim 7 , wherein each individual compartment is a female component moulded to complement a male component of the respective battery.
13. The wall-mountable power tool battery holder of claim 1 , wherein the wall-mountable power tool battery holder is a single injection moulded unit.
14. The wall-mountable power tool battery holder of claim 2 , wherein the wall-mountable power tool battery holder is a single injection moulded unit.