US 12,447,601 B2
Socket storage device
Devin W. Herritz, Sussex, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Appl. No. 18/715,613
Filed by Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 18, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/080162
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 31, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/092085, PCT Pub. Date May 25, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/281,210, filed on Nov. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0408740 A1, Dec. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 85/28 (2006.01); B25H 3/00 (2006.01); B25H 3/04 (2006.01); B25H 3/06 (2006.01); B65D 1/34 (2006.01); B65D 25/10 (2006.01)
CPC B25H 3/003 (2013.01) [B25H 3/06 (2013.01); B65D 1/34 (2013.01); B65D 25/106 (2013.01); B65D 25/108 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A socket storage system comprising:
a first socket rail, the first socket rail comprising:
an upper body portion, the upper body portion including a plurality of walls that define a plurality of slots between adjacent walls;
a lower body portion, the lower body portion coupled to the upper body portion; and
a bar, the bar positioned between the upper body portion and the lower body portion and extending along a longitudinal axis of the first socket rail; and
a socket holder, the socket holder removably coupled to the first socket rail;
wherein each of the plurality of slots is configured to receive the socket holder;
wherein, when the socket holder is positioned within one of the plurality of slots, the socket holder extends around and engages the bar to couple the socket holder to the first socket rail.