US 12,226,006 B2
Tool sheath
Mark Dalton, Columbia, MO (US); Dennis W. Cauley, Jr., Fayette, MO (US); Timothy S. Kinney, Warrenton, MO (US); and James Tayon, Moberly, MO (US)
Assigned to AOB Products Company, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed by AOB Products Company, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/983,215.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/263,734, filed on Nov. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0146616 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. A45F 5/02 (2006.01); B25B 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC A45F 5/021 (2013.01) [A45F 2200/0575 (2013.01); B25B 7/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pliers sheath for holding a pliers, the pliers having a head and at least two handles connected to the head at a joint, the pliers sheath comprising:
a mounting portion for mounting the sheath onto a support structure;
a pliers holder including a holder body made of flexible material and defining an upper opening and a receiving space for receiving the head of the pliers, the upper opening being arranged to permit passage of the head of the pliers into the receiving space through the upper opening, the upper opening having a peripheral edge including opposite side segments and a central segment extending between the side segments, the pliers holder including a keeper on the holder body and arranged to engage the pliers to retain the pliers in the sheath, the keeper being located on the same side of the holder body as the central peripheral edge segment in a position that is higher than locations of the opposite side segments of the peripheral edge, the flexible material of the holder body being configured to resiliently deform to move the keeper away from an at rest position in response to the insertion of the head of the pliers into the receiving space, and the flexible material of the holder body being configured to resiliently return the keeper toward the at rest position.