US 7,571,915 B1
Wheel-mounted tool chest
Andrew M. Simmons, 14868 Bluff Rd., Summerdale, Ala. 36580-4261 (US)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/923,065.
Int. Cl. B62B 1/24 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 280—47.26  [280/655.1] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel-mounted tool chest configured to keep tools in place even if the wheel-mounted tool chest is turned upside down and back upright, the wheel-mounted tool chest comprising:
a box generally having a T-shape profile, where the box includes a box front, a box rear, a box right side and a box left side connecting the box front to the box rear, a box bottom connected to a box upper surface by the box front, a right shelf adjacent to the box right side and a left shelf adjacent to the box left side, where the right shelf and the left shelf extend between the box front and the box rear and each is positioned at a shelf distance from the box upper surface, where the box further includes a box interior, a box height, a right socket tray on the right shelf, a left socket tray on the left shelf, where each socket tray includes vertical pegs to hold and display sockets vertically;
a lid attached to the box through hinges;
a handle attached to the box;
wheels attached to the box;
a first partition and a second partition, where both the first partition and the second partition are vertical structures that extend between the box front and the box rear to separate the box interior into a first compartment, a second compartment, and a third compartment,
where the second compartment includes a first divider and a second divider positioned parallel to the first divider, where the first divider and the second divider is connected between the first partition and the second partition to create three rectangular shaped chambers within the second compartment,
where the third compartment includes an I-shaped divider positioned to create four rectangular shaped chambers within the third compartment, where the four rectangular shaped chambers include a front chamber positioned adjacent to the box front; and
a chamber plate removeably secured over the front chamber of the third compartment, where the chamber plate is a substantially flat sheet having plate holes configured to receive screwdrivers and hold the screwdrivers vertically and having plate slots configured to receive wrenches and hold the wrenches vertically, where the chamber plate is positioned relative to the lid such that when the lid is closed, the screwdrivers and wrenches are keep in place even if the wheel-mounted tool chest is turned upside down and back upright.