US 12,319,469 B2
Utility assembly and coupling mechanism
Yaron Brunner, Kibbutz Gvat (IL); Grant T. Squiers, Cudahy, WI (US); Christopher S. Hoppe, Midvale, UT (US); and Steven W. Hyma, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US); and Keter Plastic LTD., Herzelyia (IL)
Filed by Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US); and Keter Plastic LTD., Herzelyia (IL)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/884,230.
Application 17/884,230 is a continuation of application No. 17/064,371, filed on Oct. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,427,382.
Application 17/064,371 is a continuation of application No. 16/752,441, filed on Jan. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,008,136.
Application 16/752,441 is a continuation of application No. 16/216,724, filed on Dec. 11, 2018, granted, now 10,583,962.
Application 16/216,724 is a continuation of application No. 15/826,232, filed on Nov. 29, 2017, granted, now 10,703,534.
Application 15/826,232 is a continuation of application No. PCT/IL2017/050481, filed on Apr. 30, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/459,076, filed on Feb. 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/330,334, filed on May 2, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0380089 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B25H 3/02 (2006.01); A45C 5/14 (2006.01); A45C 7/00 (2006.01); A45C 13/02 (2006.01); A45F 3/10 (2006.01); B25H 1/04 (2006.01); B25H 3/04 (2006.01); B62B 1/14 (2006.01); B65D 21/02 (2006.01); B65D 21/028 (2006.01); B62B 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 21/0223 (2013.01) [A45C 5/14 (2013.01); A45C 7/005 (2013.01); A45C 13/02 (2013.01); A45F 3/10 (2013.01); B25H 1/04 (2013.01); B25H 3/02 (2013.01); B25H 3/021 (2013.01); B62B 1/14 (2013.01); B65D 21/0209 (2013.01); B65D 21/0228 (2013.01); A45C 7/0045 (2013.01); B25H 3/023 (2013.01); B62B 5/067 (2013.01); B65D 2255/00 (2013.01); B65H 2701/533 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
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1. A utility module assembly comprising:
a first utility module comprising:
a first female coupler extending from a first face of the first utility module, the first female coupler comprising a first sidewall, a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, a first back wall, a first front wall opposite the first back wall, a first rib, and a second rib, the first back wall and the first front wall extending between the first and second sidewalls, the first rib extending in a first direction above a surface of a first depressed locking location from the first back wall towards the first front wall, the second rib extending in the first direction above the surface of the first depressed locking location from the first back wall towards the first front wall, wherein the first rib and the second rib are distinct from each other and extend towards each other along a first axis such that the first rib extends from the first sidewall towards the second rib in a second direction along the first axis, and the second rib extends from the second sidewall towards the first rib in a third direction along the first axis, wherein the third direction is opposite the second direction, the first sidewall extending at a first obtuse angle from the surface of the first depressed locking location in a continuous plane to the first rib at a top of the first sidewall, and the second sidewall extending at a second obtuse angle from the surface of the first depressed locking location in a continuous plane to the second rib at a top of the second sidewall, wherein the first obtuse angle is the same as the second obtuse angle; and
a second utility module comprising:
a first male coupler extending from a second face of the second utility module, the first male coupler comprising a first tongue and a second tongue, each the first tongue and the second tongue extending in a fourth direction opposite the first direction, the first tongue of the second utility module is configured for arresting engagement between the first rib and the surface of the first depressed locking location of the first utility module, and the second tongue of the second utility module is configured for arresting engagement between the second rib and the surface of the first depressed locking location of the first utility module.