Portable tool tray with wind blocker

Abstract

The portable tool tray with wind blocker is a portable rectangular frame with a tray screen forming its bottom and also including a wind blocker that can be stored inside the tool tray or affixed in an upright position perpendicular to the tray to shield the worker from the wind. The wind blocker is stored inside the tray by being slid along tracks that are cut along the lower portion of the tray frame or being inserted within slots laterally defined within the sidewalls of the tray frame. The tray frame may have a faceplate that is of lesser height than the rest of the tray frame to allow the wind blocker to be slid into the tray frame. The wind blocker is equipped with sliders that allow the wind blocker to be slid along the tracks or into the slots defined within the sidewalls.

1 . A portable tool tray with wind blocker, comprising: 
 a tray frame having an end wall and a pair of parallel sidewalls extending from opposing ends of the end wall, defining a substantially U-shaped tray frame having an open end and a lower edge;    a flange extending inwardly from the lower edge of the U-shaped tray frame;    a wire mesh screen removably disposed on the inwardly extending flange and forming a bottom wall of the tool tray;    a wind blocker; and    means for slidably disposing the wind blocker screen between the sidewalls of the U-shaped tray frame.    
   
   
       2 . The portable tool tray with wind blocker according to  claim 1 , wherein the sidewalls have slots defined therein, the means for sliding including a plurality of sliders attached to the wind blocker and slidably disposed in the slots.  
   
   
       3 . The portable tool tray with wind blocker according to  claim 2 , wherein the slots extend axially through the sidewalls, defining opposing tracks.  
   
   
       4 . The portable tool tray with wind blocker according to  claim 2 , wherein the slots extend transversely through the sidewalls.  
   
   
       5 . The portable tool tray with wind blocker according to  claim 1 , further comprising a faceplate removably attached to the open end of the U-shaped tray frame.  
   
   
       6 . The portable tray with wind blocker according to  claim 1 , wherein the wire mesh screen is made from expandable metal.  
   
   
       7 . The portable tool tray with wind blocker according to  claim 1 , wherein the wind blocker comprises a frame and a blocker screen disposed within the frame.  
   
   
       8 . The portable tool tray with wind blocker according to  claim 7 , wherein the screen is made from wire mesh.  
   
   
       9 . The portable tool tray with wind blocker according to  claim 1 , wherein the wind blocker is a solid plate.  
   
   
       10 . The portable tool tray with wind blocker according to  claim 9 , wherein the wind blocker is made of aluminum.  
   
   
       11 . The portable tool tray with wind blocker according to  claim 9 , wherein said solid plate has an aperture defined therein adapted for receiving a finger.  
   
   
       12 . A portable tool tray, comprising: 
 a tray frame having an end wall and a pair of parallel sidewalls extending from opposing ends of the end wall defining a substantially U-shaped tray frame having an open end and a lower edge;    a flange extending inwardly from the lower edge of the U-shaped tray frame;    a wire mesh screen removably disposed on the inwardly extending flange and forming a bottom wall of the tool tray;    a wind blocker having a pair of sliders attached to and extending laterally from an end thereof;    a pair of tracks defined longitudinally within the sidewalls of the U-shaped tray frame, the sliders being slidably disposed within the tracks.    
   
   
       13 . The portable tool tray according to  claim 12 , further comprising a faceplate removably attached to the open end of the U-shaped tray frame.  
   
   
       14 . The portable tray with according to  claim 12 , wherein the wire mesh screen is made from expandable metal.  
   
   
       15 . The portable tool tray according to  claim 12 , wherein the wind blocker comprises a frame and a blocker screen disposed within the frame.  
   
   
       16 . The portable tool tray according to  claim 15 , wherein the blocker screen is made from wire mesh.  
   
   
       17 . A portable tool tray, comprising: 
 a tray frame having an end wall and a pair of parallel sidewalls extending from opposing ends of the end wall, defining a substantially U-shaped tray frame having an open end and a lower edge, the sidewalls having a pair of slots normal to the lower edge defined therein at the open end of the frame;    a flange extending inwardly from the lower edge of the U-shaped tray frame;    a wire mesh screen removably disposed on the inwardly extending flange and forming a bottom wall of the tool tray; and    a wind blocker having a pair of sliders attached to and extending laterally from an end thereof, the sliders being slidably disposed in the slots.    
   
   
       18 . The portable tool tray with wind blocker according to  claim 17 , further comprising a faceplate removably attached to the open end of the U-shaped tray frame.  
   
   
       19 . The portable tool tray with wind blocker according to  claim 17 , wherein the wind blocker comprises a solid plate.  
   
   
       20 . The portable tool tray with wind blocker according to  claim 19 , wherein said plate has an aperture defined therein adapted for receiving a finger.