Tool display rack

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2000-01-31

2001-09-04

Stodola, Daniel P. (Department: 3634)

Supports: racks

Special article

Article includes elongated portion

C206S377000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06283311

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a tool display rack that secures the tool with the rack and the display rack can still be used as a tool retainer after the retaining plate is cut.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A first conventional tool display rack known to applicant is shown in FIG.
5
and includes two holes
10
for hanging the board
11
of the rack on a wall, and a plurality of U-shaped clamping members
12
extending from a side of the board
11
. Each clamping member
12
has a retaining space
13
for a tool (not shown) retained therein and a narrow opening
14
communicating with the retaining space
13
so that a shank portion of the tool can be removed from the clamping member
12
via the opening
14
. It is obviously that the tool can be easily taken from the rack because that is no locking means to secure the tool to the board
11
. A second conventional tool display rack known to applicant is shown in FIG.
6
and includes a hole
10
for hanging the board
11
of the rack on a wall and two apertures
100
for engaging a retainer
16
. Two pairs of plates
15
respectively extend from a side of the board
11
and each aperture
100
is located between the two plates
15
corresponding thereto. One of each pair of plates
15
has a protrusion
150
extending laterally inward therefrom. The retainer
16
is an inverted U-shaped member and has a slot
160
defined in each leg of the retainer
16
. The two legs will be inserted into the two apertures
100
and the two protrusions
150
are engaged with the two slots
160
in the two legs of the retainer
16
. Therefore, a tool can be retained between the board
11
and the retainer
16
. Nevertheless, when the rack is bought, the user has to cut the retainer
16
to take the tool and once the retainer
16
is cut, the rack cannot be used anymore.
The present invention intends to provide a tool display rack that can be used to retain a tool after the rack is purchased and the retaining plate is cut.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tool display rack and comprising a board having two apertures and a retainer having two side arms which extend through the two apertures. A retaining plate is connected between two respective first end of the two side arms and a groove is defined in the inside of a second end of each side arm. A locking member is securely engaged with the two grooves and connected between the two side arms.
The object of the present invention is to provide a tool display rack that has a locking member engaged with a retainer so as to prevent the retainer from disengaged from the board.
These and further objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which show, for purposes of illustration only, several embodiments in accordance with the present invention.


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