Woodworking – Combined workbench and tool chest
Patent
1989-04-10
1990-09-04
Bray, W. Donald
Woodworking
Combined workbench and tool chest
144286A, 312DIG33, 312247, 312306, B25H 302, B25H 112
Patent
active
049536010
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a tool-box which can be transformed into a workbench and which can likewise serve as a step-ladder.
The document No. BE-A-903,860 has disclosed a tool-box of the abovementioned type which comprises a male box and a female box, in which the male box is arranged in a sliding manner, the female box is provided with two open-worked opposite walls possessing a bottom case and, on the other two opposite walls, interior guide grooves and ribs, the male box provided with two openworked walls opposite walls being provided on two opposite walls with exterior guide grooves and ribs capable of engaging in the guide grooves and ribs of the female box in one position of the male box relative to the female box, the said guide ribs and grooves being arranged in a manner such that, in a position offset by 180.degree. relative to the previous position, the male box bears on the corresponding walls of the female box, the said male box further comprising two lateral series of drawers arranged one under the other, at a distance from one another, together with a working surface forming the top wall of the male box and the lid of the tool-box in the closed state.
The bottom case of the female box advantageously projects slightly beyond the female box and can thus serve as a bottom step of a step-ladder, the base of the male box placed on the female box being capable of serving as a second step and the working surface as a third step.
The object of the present invention is to provide an improved tool-box of the abovementioned type.
According to the present invention, the male box comprises, in the space contained between the two lateral series of drawers, a tiltable and removable tray equipped with at least two means forming a tilting hinge on the base of the male box, arranged on two opposite sides, the said tiltable and removable tray being tiltable towards one side, up to a stop, and towards the other side until it can be retracted from the male box.
Preferably, the removable and tiltable tray is provided with at least two feet arranged on two opposite sides and assuming the shape of a rib which is arranged in a manner such as to engage into corresponding grooves made in the base of the said male box.
Advantageously, the tiltable and removable tray comprises four opposite feet, in pairs, which assume the shape of a rib engagable in corresponding grooves made in the base of the male box, in a manner such as to form two opposite tilting hinges.
According to a preferred embodiment, the stop forming the check on tilting towards one side is arranged on the inner surface of the top wall of the male box. By virtue of this check, the user can tilt said tray to withdraw therefrom the tools which he requires without the tray tilting completely and moving out of its seating. On the other side, the user can tilt the tray and retract it from its seating without being inconvenienced by a checking stop, with a view to taking the tray with him. Advantageously, said tiltable and removable tray comprises two perforations in which the clasps of a strap can be inserted. In this manner, the user can suspend said tray from his shoulder. The strap is advantageously a strap which likewise serves to carry the tool-box in the closed state, with the aid of suitable locking members.
Preferably, the said tiltable and removable tray comprises at least two compartments. It can likewise be provided on at least one of its front and rear faces with a handle or with a notch in said face acting as a handle.
The invention is described in more detail below with the aid of the figures, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the tool-box in the closed state;
FIG. 2 is a view in section in the plane A--A of the female box;
FIG. 3 is a view in section in the plane A--A of the male box;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the tool-box in the open state, the tray being tilted;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view in accordance with FIG. 4, in which the tray is retracted; and
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the tiltable tray.
With reference to the
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