US 12,295,506 B2
Hanging tool storage device
Benjamin J. Paprocki, Cottage Grove, WI (US); Ryan C. Patrick, Davenport, IA (US); Jedidiah J. Babinec, Milwaukee, WI (US); Christian R. Braun, Milwaukee, WI (US); Aaron M. Williams, Milwaukee, WI (US); Aaron S. Blumenthal, Shorewood, WI (US); Matthew A. Lownik, Wauwatosa, WI (US); Jack R. Warning, Milwaukee, WI (US); and Nicole Z. Summersett, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/181,175.
Application 18/181,175 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2023/063325, filed on Feb. 27, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/481,432, filed on Jan. 25, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/350,247, filed on Jun. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/333,848, filed on Apr. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/314,867, filed on Feb. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0270266 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. A47F 5/00 (2006.01); A47F 5/08 (2006.01); A47F 5/10 (2006.01); B25H 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47F 5/0025 (2013.01) [A47F 5/0853 (2013.01); A47F 5/10 (2013.01); B25H 5/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hanging tool storage device configured to hang from a supporting wall, the hanging tool storage device comprising:
an upper wall extending from a front end to a rear end, the upper wall interfacing against and supported by the supporting wall;
a rear wall extending downward from the rear end, the rear wall defining a rear surface;
a front wall extending downward from the front end, the front wall defining a front surface, the front wall and rear wall defining a space between the front wall and the rear wall, the space configured to receive the supporting wall the upper wall is interfacing against, the rear surface and the front surface facing away from each other;
a first plurality of projections extending from the front surface, each of the first plurality of projections comprising a central wall extending from the front surface, a first aperture extending through the central wall, a first rib extending in a first direction from the central wall and a second rib extending in a second direction from the central wall opposite the first direction, the first rib and the second rib each extending in front of and offset from the front surface, the first plurality of projections comprising a first row of projections extending along a first axis and a second row of projections extending along a second axis above the first row of projections, wherein the first axis is parallel to the second axis, and each of the first axis and the second axis are perpendicular to each of the first direction and the second direction, and wherein the front surface of the front wall extends uninterrupted between the first row and the second row;
a plurality of tool board panels slidably engaged with the front wall via the first plurality of projections, each of the plurality of tool board panels comprising a second aperture extending through the respective tool board panel, wherein the first apertures and the second apertures are configured to collectively receive a fastener that extends through one of the first apertures and one of the second apertures thereby rigidly coupling the respective tool board panel to the front wall; and
a plurality of support structures each configured to support a hand tool, wherein each of the plurality of support structures are coupled to one of the plurality of the tool board panels.