Device for storing tools with a clip lid

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for storing tools, especially for storing drill bits, reamers, pivots, and dental implants, that includes a container for receiving the tools and a complementary closing mechanism that grips and closes the container by clipping onto it.

1 . A tool stowage device for stowing tools, said device comprising a container serving to receive said tools and closure means complementary to said container, said closure means also being means for taking hold of the container, said tool stowage device being characterized in that said closure means comprise a horizontal plane portion and at least two vertical flanges, said vertical flanges serving as means for taking hold of the container and co-operating with said plane portion to form unclipping opening means that are actuated by pressing on said vertical flanges as if pressing on a clothes peg.  
   
   
       2 . A tool stowage device according to  claim 1 , wherein said tools are drill bits, reamers, pivots, or dental implants.  
   
   
       3 . A tool stowage device according to  claim 1 , wherein said plane portion serves as means for expelling said container during opening by unclipping.  
   
   
       4 . A tool stowage device according to  claim 1 , wherein said container is provided, on at least an open one of its faces, with at least two tongues serving to engage in slideway means.  
   
   
       5 . A tool stowage device according to  claim 4 , wherein said tongues are of width enabling them to receive inscriptions.  
   
   
       6 . A tool stowage device according to  claim 4 , wherein said container presents a female portion, and the lid presents a male portion, said male portion being designed to engage in said female portion when the device is closed, and to serve as means for blocking sliding of the lid relative to the container while the device is being opened by sliding.  
   
   
       7 . A tool stowage device according to  claim 1 , wherein said container is provided with at least one orifice in one of its closed faces.  
   
   
       8 . A tool stowage device according to  claim 1 , wherein said lid is made of a transparent material.  
   
   
       9 . A tool stowage device according to  claim 1 , wherein said lid is made of a plastics material.  
   
   
       10 . A tool stowage device according to  claim 1 , wherein said lid is made of a semi-rigid material.  
   
   
       11 . A tool stowage device according to  claim 1 , wherein each of said vertical portions of said lid presents non-slip means over at least a portion of its surface.  
   
   
       12 . A box provided with an opening/closure system, having at least one recess serving to receive a device according to  claim 1 .  
   
   
       13 . A box according to  claim 12 , wherein the edges of said container are means for retaining the container in said recesses.  
   
   
       14 . A box according to  claim 12 , wherein said edges present raising means for raising the container relative to the surface of said box.  
   
   
       15 . A box according to  claim 12 , wherein each of said vertical portions of said lid has a bottom portion that is circularly arcuate in shape.  
   
   
       16 . A box according to  claim 12 , wherein said bottom portions of said vertical portions are of length less than or equal to the depth of said container.  
   
   
       17 . A box according to  claim 12 , wherein said box is provided with at least one orifice in one of its faces.