US 12,440,960 B2
Tool container with magnetic retention assembly for lid
Nicholas Ryan Imsand, Huntersville, NC (US)
Assigned to Apex Brands, Inc., Apex, NC (US)
Appl. No. 18/017,488
Filed by Apex Brands, Inc., Apex, NC (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/044474
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 23, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/031801, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/060,877, filed on Aug. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0271311 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. B25H 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC B25H 3/02 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tool container comprising:
a container portion comprising a front wall, sidewalls, and a rear wall;
a lid hingedly attached to the rear wall, pivotable between an opened position and a closed position;
a mobility assembly comprising wheels and a handle assembly; and
a magnetic retention assembly configured to hold the lid proximate to the handle assembly to retain the lid in the opened position,
wherein the magnetic retention assembly comprises:
a first magnetic strip disposed at a flap of the lid, the flap overlapping with at least a portion of the front wall of the container portion when the lid is in the closed position; and
a second magnetic strip disposed at the portion of the front wall of the container portion,
wherein responsive to the lid being in the opened position, the first magnetic strip aligns with and magnetically operably couples to the handle assembly to hold the lid in the opened position, and
wherein responsive to the lid being in the closed position, the first magnetic strip aligns with and magnetically operably couples to the second magnetic strip to hold the lid in the closed position.