Lift tool organizer

Abstract

A tool box organizer having walls defining a container with an open top wall for receiving a selection of work related hand tools, parts and pieces and providing secure storage for the tools which are locked within the tool box organizer which is securely locked to a lift and raised above the ground making unauthorized access to the tools difficult. The tool box organizer includes a lid hingedly connected to the container for selectively opening and closing the open top wall. A bracket detachably mounts the tool box on a vertically disposed wall having a horizontal rail of a lift or bucket. The bracket includes a support member with respectively a front and rear face and first and second inverted ‘J’ shaped hooks disposed in selected spaced relation and projecting outwardly from the rear face. The hooks suspend the tool box from the wall horizontal. First and second inter engagable members respectively on the front face of the bracket and a rear face of the tool box detachably mounts the tool box in a cantilevered state from the front face of the bracket. The bracket has a lower portion spaced downwardly from the hooks that engages the wall to stabilize the bracket in a vertical orientation. The hinge for the lid is positioned at the leading edge of the box opposite the attachment point on the lift in order that the lid can be folded flat against the exterior sidewall of the box out of the way of the user.

1 . A tool box having a bottom wall, side walls and an open top wall defining a container for receiving therein a selection of work related tools, parts and pieces, a lid for selectively opening and closing said open top wall, said lid comprising first and second panels interconnected by a first hinge means, second hinge means connecting a longitudinal free outer edge of said first panel to an upper edge of a side wall of the container, and means for detachably mounting said tool box on a vertically disposed wall having a horizontal rail, said bracket having base support means with respectively a front and rear face and first and second inverted shaped hooks disposed in selected spaced relation and projecting outwardly from the rear face of the base support means, said hooks providing means to suspend the tool box from said horizontal rail, first and second inter engaging means respectively on the front face of said bracket and a rear face of the tool box providing means detachably mounting the tool box in a cantilevered state from the front face of the bracket and abutment means on a lower portion of said bracket at a position spaced downwardly from said hooks and engagable with said wall to stabilize the bracket in a vertical orientation on the wall. 
     
     
         2 . The tool box as defined in  claim 1  wherein said side walls include a front wall, a rear wall and opposed end walls and wherein said second hinge is connected to said front wall. 
     
     
         3 . The tool box as defined in  claim 2  wherein said front wall is of lesser height than said rear wall. 
     
     
         4 . The tool box as defined in  claim 3  including a plate having a plurality of variously shaped tool receiving holes, said plate being disposed within said container and means hingedly connecting a longitudinal marginal edge of said plate to said rear wall 
     
     
         5 . The tool box as defined in  claim 1  wherein said bracket base support means comprises a pair of laterally spaced apart elongate members and wherein said first and second hooks are secured to a respective one of the same. 
     
     
         6 . The tool box as defined in  claim 5  wherein said first and second inter-engaging means comprises slots in said elongate members and downwardly facing hooks on the tool box and projecting from the rear face thereof, said hooks and slots being correspondingly positioned and spaced for detachable inter-engagement. 
     
     
         7 . A tool box having a bottom wall, side walls and an open top wall defining a container for receiving therein a selection of work related tools, parts and pieces, a lid for selectively opening and closing said open top wall, hinge means connecting said lid to a side wall of said container, and bracket means for detachably mounting said tool box on a vertically disposed wall having a horizontal rail, said bracket having base support means with respectively a front and rear face and first and second inverted ‘J’ shaped hooks disposed in selected spaced relation and projecting outwardly from said rear face, said hooks providing means to suspend the tool box from said horizontal rail, first and second inter engaging means respectively on the front face of said bracket and a rear face of the tool box providing means detachably mounting the tool box in a cantilevered state from the front face of the bracket and abutment means on a lower portion of said bracket at a position spaced downwardly from said hooks and engagable with said wall to stabilize the bracket in a vertical orientation on the wall. 
     
     
         8 . The tool box and mounting bracket therefore as defined in  claim 7  wherein said lid comprises first and second panels interconnected by a first hinge means. 
     
     
         9 . The tool box as defined in  claim 8  wherein said tool box has front and rear side walls with the front wall being of lesser height than the rear wall and wherein said lid is hingedly connected to said front wall. 
     
     
         10 . A tool box and mounting bracket therefore for use in a restricted area such as a boom mounted work cage or the like with one or more horizontally disposed rails, comprising:
 a bracket including a pair of posts, means interconnecting said posts and maintaining the same in selected (fixed) spaced apart relation, a downwardly facing first hook on each of said posts, said hooks projecting from one side of the post for suspending the bracket from a horizontal rail of said cage, at least one slot in each of respective ones of said posts and located on a side thereof opposite said one side, cage abutment means on said posts and disposed at a position in selected spaced relation downwardly from said first hooks and wherein said tool box has hooks projecting from a wall thereof and disposed in spaced apart relation corresponding in position to mate with the slots in said posts to detachably mount the tool box on said mounting bracket.   
     
     
         11 . The tool box and mounting bracket of  claim 10 , further comprising means for mounting said tool box on a work cage like structure having a horizontal rail, said bracket having thereon a pair of laterally spaced apart downwardly facing hooks to engage and hang from said horizontally disposed rail, said bracket means having a lower portion thereof disposed below said hooks and engagable with said work cage to stabilize the bracket and inter-engagable first and second means respectively on said tool box and bracket detachably mounting said tool box on said bracket.