Suspendable Locker

Abstract

Abstract of the Disclosure The suspendable locker has a plurality of side walls and a top wall interconnected to define an interior space. The suspendable locker has an open bottom leaving the interior space exposed from below. A door is hingedly connected to a side wall to provide an access opening into the interior space along a side at the bottom so a cart can be rolled into and from the interior space. An attachment structure for suspending the locker from a storage cabinet is connected to a side wall. The attachment structure includes a pair of L-shaped flanges connected to an exterior surface of a side wall. The L-shaped flanges engage a lip on a tool storage cabinet, enabling the suspendable locker to be cantilevered from the storage cabinet.

1.  A method of securing tools removed form a lockable cabinet and placed on a rolling cart without removing the tools from the cart, comprising: 
     
       Providing on an outside of the cabinet an open-bottom locker with a side-access doorway at a bottom thereof closable by a lockable door, 
     
     
       Opening the door, 
     
     
       Rolling the cart with the tools thereon into the locker through the doorway, and 
     
     
       Closing and locking the door. 
     
   
   
       2.  The method of  claim 1 , and further comprising opening the door and removing the cart with the tools thereon so that work can be resumed with the tools undisturbed. 
   
   
       3.  The method of  claim 1 , and further comprising providing rollers on the cabinet and moving the cabinet when the cart is in the locker so that the cart follows the cabinet. 
   
   
       4.  The method of  claim 1 , and further comprising providing a retractable shelf in the cabinet and a storing device on the shelf and retracting the shelf with the device thereon when the door is open. 
   
   
       5.  The method of  claim 1 , wherein the providing step includes attaching the locker to a support. 
   
   
       6.  The method of  claim 5 , wherein the support is a cabinet. 
   
   
       7.  The method of  claim 5 , wherein the attaching includes suspending the locker on the support by means of a hook-like flange and securing the locker to the support by extending fasteners through openings in a wall of the locker. 
   
   
       8.  A method of securing tools removed from a lockable cabinet and placed on a rolling cart without removing the tools from the cart comprising: 
     
       Providing on an outside of the cabinet an open-bottom locker with side walls and a side-access doorway at a bottom thereof closable by a lockable door, wherein each side wall has at least one reinforcing structural support, 
     
     
       Guarding the structural supports by providing structure coupled thereto and projecting laterally inwardly therefrom, 
     
     
       Attaching the locker to the cabinet by means of a hook-like flange and fasteners extending through openings in a wall of the cabinet, 
     
     
       Opening the door, 
     
     
       Rolling the cart with the tools thereon into the locker through the doorway, and 
     
     
       Closing and locking the door. 
     
   
   
       9.  A method of providing a tool at a job site, the method comprising the steps of: 
     
       Providing a tool cabinet for securing a tool, and a locker connected with the tool cabinet having an interior space, an open bottom to facilitate movement of an object into and out of the interior space, and an opening providing access to the interior space; 
     
     
       Associating a tool with the object; and 
     
     
       Moving the object into and out of the interior space. 
     
   
   
       10.  A method as defined in  claim 9  wherein the object is a cart, the method comprising the steps of: 
     
       Placing a tool on the cart; 
     
     
       Moving the cart and the tool about the job site; and 
     
     
       Placing the cart and the tool in the interior space. 
     
   
   
       11.  A method as defined in  claim 9  wherein the locker includes a door having a lock and movable to a closed position covering the opening, the method further comprising the steps of: 
     
       Locking the lock when the door is in its closed position; and 
     
     
       Unlocking the lock when the door is in its closed position.