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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2021
Applicant:
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Inventors:
Ottoleo Kuter-Arnebeck, Kenosha, WI (US);
Nicholas H. Weir, Silver Lake, WI (US);
Assignee:
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 3/00 (2006.01); B25H 3/00 (2006.01); B25H 3/02 (2006.01); E05F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 1/1091 (2013.01); B25H 3/00 (2013.01); B25H 3/028 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage unit having an interior containment space. The storage unit includes a connection member, an access door coupled to the storage unit via a hinge and adapted to cover at least a portion of the interior containment space, and a biasing member having opposing first and second ends. The first end is coupled to the access door, and the second end is releasably coupled to the connection member. The second end is adapted to be released from the connection member when the access door is overextended or opened with too great a force.