Tool rack

Abstract:

A tool rack for securing and transporting lawn edgers formed from steel or other rigid material. The tool rack comprises a central spine, two edger retaining arms, a wheel retaining slot, and a trailer wall retaining means. The edger retaining arms are attached to the central spine and are bent inward toward each other twice. The wheel retaining slot is formed from two parallel pieces of metal and extend from the front surface of the central spine at the bottom thereof. The trailer wall retaining means is located at the top of the central spine and extends from the back thereof.

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Claims:

What is claimed is:

1. A tool rack comprising:

an elongated central spine, said central spine having top and bottom edges, front and back surfaces, and side edges,

two edger retainer arms attached to said central spine,

a wheel retaining slot attached to said central spine and extending from said front surface at the bottom edge therefrom,

and, a trailer wall attachment means attached to said central spine and extending from said back surface at the top edge therefrom.

2. The tool rack of claim 1 wherein said edger retaining arms protrude from said central spine in a direction that is generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said central spine.

3. The tool rack of claim 2 wherein said edger retaining arms are bent at a predetermined angle toward each other and from the front surface of said central spine.

4. The tool rack of claim 3 wherein said predetermined angle is approximately 45.degree..

5. The tool rack of claim 3 wherein said edger retaining arms are bent inward a second time at a predetermined angle.

6. The tool rack of claim 5 wherein said predetermined angle is approximately 45.degree..

7. The tool rack of claim 1 wherein said wheel retain slot comprises two parallel walls, said parallel walls extending from the side edges and from the front surface of said central spine at the bottom thereof and generally perpendicularthereto.

8. The tool rack of claim 1 wherein said trailer wall attachment means extends from the back surface of said central spine at the top thereof.

9. The tool rack of claim 8 wherein said trailer wall attachment means extends downward from said back surface of said central spine at a predetermined angle.

10. The tool rack of claim 9 wherein said predetermined angle is approximately 45.degree..

Patent number:
    6311853
View patent at USPTO

Filing date:
    June 7, 2000

Issue date:
    November 6, 2001

Inventor:
Glenn Johnson (Robbinsville, NJ)

Primary Examiner:
Robert W Gibson, Jr.

Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kirshner; Daniel S.

Current U.S. Classification: 211/113 211/70.6 224/405 248/214 248/309.1

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