TECHNOLOGICAL FIELD

This disclosed subject matter relates to a tool box, and more particularly it is concerned with a transportable tool box.

BACKGROUND ART

References considered to be relevant as background to the presently disclosed subject matter are listed below:WO 2011/089598

Acknowledgement of the above reference herein is not to be inferred as meaning that this is in any way relevant to the patentability of the presently disclosed subject matter.

BACKGROUND

Various types of tool boxes are known in the art. One such box is disclosed in WO 2011/089598 directed to a transportable tool box comprising a large compartment configured with upright extending side walls defining a top opening of the large compartment configured with a locomotive arrangement, and two compartmented covers slidingly displaceable over the top opening of the large compartment between a closed position wherein the covers coextend and cover the top opening, and an open position wherein the two covers are displaced away from one another and expose the large compartment to allow access thereto. A locking arrangement is provided for arresting the compartmented covers at the closed position.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The disclosed subject matter is concerned with a tool box comprising:a base container having a base portion and configured with upright extending side walls defining a top opening of the base container, together defining the container interior;at least two covers displaceable over the top opening of the base container between a closed position wherein the at least two covers coextend and cover the top opening, and an open position wherein at least one of the at least two covers is displaced away from an at least one other cover and at least partially exposes the containers' interior to allow access thereto, each cover of the at least two covers comprising a free edge and a mating edge; andat least two locking arrangements extending at an upper portion of the base container, each configured for locking at least one of the at least two covers at respective mating edges, at least with respect to the base container.

In accordance with an aspect of the disclosed subject matter there is disclosed a transportable tool box comprising:a base container having a base portion and configured with upright extending side walls defining a top opening of the base container, together defining the container interior;at least two covers displaceable over the top opening of the base container between a closed position wherein the at least two covers coextend and cover the top opening, and an open position wherein at least one of the at least two covers is displaced away from an at least one other cover and at least partially exposes the containers' interior to allow access thereto, each cover of the at least two covers comprising a free edge and a mating edge;locomotive arrangement disposed toward a lower portion of said container assembly;at least one handle for transporting said transportable box on said locomotive arrangement; andat least two locking arrangements extending at an upper portion of the base container, each configured for locking at least one of the at least two covers at respective mating edges, at least with respect to the base container.

The term compartmented cover as used hereinafter in the specification denotes a an element serving both as a cover for the base container and configured with a storage compartment which may be further divided either fixedly or modularly, i.e. by bins or partition walls or combinations thereof.

Any one or more of the following features and design may be applied in connection with the tool box according to the present disclosed subject matter:

The covers are displaceable by a rail system fitted at the top edges of the base container;

The covers are displaceable by a parallel link type mechanism, linking each of the covers to the base container;

The covers are slidably secured to the base container by a pair of drawer-type slides, facilitating firm support of the compartmented covers also at the fully open position;

The locomotive arrangement comprises at least one pair of wheels fitted near or at a bottom of the base container and a manipulating handle articulated with the base container;

At the closed position the covers mate about a center of the base container;

At the open position the covers are fully displaceable from the top opening of the base container, to thereby facilitate full access to its interior;

The locking arrangement is a latch, and in accordance with yet an example it is a toggle latch type arrangement;

The covers are compartmented covers, optionally provided with lids covering storage compartments therein. According to one configuration the respective lids are locked when the compartmented covers are at the closed position;

At least one, at times all, of the locking arrangements is configured for receiving a lock to prevent unauthorized opening of the tool box and access to its compartments or interior;

The handle is manipulable between a stowed position and a locomoting position, in which it extends from the tool box to facilitate its locomotion;

The handle is slidably displaceable between the stowed (retracted) position in which it substantially blends with the base container, and the locomotive (extracted) position in which it facilitates manipulating (pulling/pushing) of the tool box in a cart like position;

A pair of wheels is provided at a bottom side edge of the base container (articulated to either the base or a bottom portion of the side wall), and the handle is extractable from an opposite top side edge of the base container. According to one design, the handle comprises two side arms interconnected by a grip portion, wherein the side arms are slidably retained along respective top front and rear edges of the base container, and wherein the grip portion is substantially parallel to the respective top side edge such that at the retracted position it is flush with the base container;

Each cover can be locked independently an separately by a locking arrangement;

The locking arrangement comprises two locking mechanisms provide one opposite the other at the mating edges of the covers, when in the closed position;

The cover members are further lockable at their top surface one respective the other;

At least one of the covers is provided at its mating edge with an elastic seal.

