Package and article carriers – Carried by animate bearer – Article held by receiver
Reexamination Certificate
1999-05-06
2001-04-10
Cronin, Stephen K. (Department: 3727)
Package and article carriers
Carried by animate bearer
Article held by receiver
C224S268000, C224S667000, C224S675000, C224S914000, C229S117210
Reexamination Certificate
active
06213366
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the field of holders and, more particularly, to a novel belt or strap-mounted system for supporting and carrying a box of fasteners, such as nails or screws.
BACKGROUND ART
A variety of devices are known which are used to attach a box or other object to a user's belt. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,511,705 discloses a wire holder which may be used to suspend a container from a belt. Similarly, U.S. Pat. No. 5,176,302 discloses a continuous wire device bent to form a belt receiving portion and a handle receiving portion such that the handle of a container may be attached to the user's belt.
However, none of these references disclose an attachment system which may be adapted to attach various sized boxes to a belt, which can be built directly into the structure of the box or sold as a separate item, and which is inexpensive to produce. Hence, it would be useful to provide a box-belt attachment system which could be adapted to attach various sized boxes to a belt and which can be built into the structure of the box or sold as a separate item.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
With parenthetical reference to the corresponding parts, portions or surfaces of the disclosed embodiment, merely for the purposes of illustration and not by way of limitation, the present invention provides an improved box-belt attachment system (
15
) for attaching a box (
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) having a lid (
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) to a belt (
18
) comprising a box loop (
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) and a belt loop (
20
), whereby the lid may be folded over the box loop and the belt loop may engage the belt. The box loop and belt loop may be formed from a continuous wire member comprised of a flexible elastic material. The elastic material may be spring steel having a substantially circular cross-section. The lid may include two male connections (
22
) and the back panel (
23
) of the box may contain two corresponding female connections (
24
), whereby the lid may be temporarily attached to the back panel of the box. The box may include a reinforced crease (
25
).
Accordingly, the general object of the present invention is to provide an improved box-belt attachment system with which a user may attach a box to his or her belt for easy access to the contents of the box.
Another object is to provide an improved attachment adapted to be mounted to the belt of a user.
Another object is to provide an improved attachment adapted to engage a box.
Another object is to provide an improved box-belt attachment system which may be easily incorporated into the structure of the box.
Another object of the invention is to provide an improved box-belt attachment which may be sold separately from the box or belt.
Another object of the invention is to provide an improved box-belt attachment system which may be employed with various sized boxes.
Another object of the invention is to provide an improved box-belt attachment system in which the lid of the box may be folded back and temporarily secured to the back panel of the box.
Another object of the invention is to provide an improved box-belt attachment system in which the crease of the lid of the box is reinforced so that the force of the box hanging by the attachment to the user's belt does not rip the lid from the box.
These and other objects and advantages will become apparent from the foregoing and ongoing written specification, the drawings and the appended claims.
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patent: 2320067 (1943-05-01), Caughren
patent: 2426484 (1947-08-01), Buffenbarger
patent: 2651441 (1953-09-01), Rau et al.
patent: 3332594 (1967-07-01), Capua
patent: 3493152 (1970-02-01), Ort
patent: 3963156 (1976-06-01), Perrin
patent: 4802602 (1989-02-01), Evans et al.
patent: 4936499 (1990-06-01), Gulley
Brevard Maerena
Cronin Stephen K.
Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber LLP
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