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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2015
Stanley Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Terry L. Gonzales, Middletown, CT (US);
John C. Murray, Canton, CT (US);
Megan E. McNeill, Norwalk, CT (US);
Chih-Hung Chen, Taichung, TW;
Tolga Caglar, Middletown, CT (US);
Jin Chi Huang, Taichung, TW;
Oaty A. Frye, Jr., Waterford, CT (US);
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a toolbox includes a housing, one or more drawers received in the housing, and a handle extending from the housing. The handle comprises a pair of spaced grasping surfaces connected by a central grasping surface, the spaced grasping surface and the central grasping surface each spaced from the housing. According to another embodiment, a toolbox includes a housing and one or more drawers slidably received in the housing. The one or more drawers each comprise an integral latch, and the housing comprises an integral latch receptacle. Closing the drawer of the toolbox with a first amount of force does not engage the integral latch with the latch receptacle, while closing the drawer of the toolbox with a second amount of force automatically engages the integral latch with the latch receptacle, securing the one or more drawers within the housing.