Job box

摘要

Briefly, the invention involves a transportable storage box, e.g. job box, for heavy duty applications. The job box provides an indoor or outdoor storage enclosure for homeowners and professionals to keep tools, sports equipment or other items clean and dry. The job box is constructed for stackable cooperation with like constructed job boxes. The job box includes rigid metal handles at each end for increased weight capacity and is sized to fit between the wheel wells in the bed of a pickup truck.

主权项

1. A job box for storage of equipment comprising:
a basin member, said basin member including a base panel and four side panels, said base panel and said side panels formed from a single piece of plastic by the process of blow molding to form a hollow box-like structure, a lip portion extending around an upper surface of said four side panels, said lip portion offset inwardly from an outer perimeter of said four side panels; a lid member sized to cooperate with said basin member for enclosing said basin member, said lid member including a cover panel, said cover panel including a depending lip extending around the perimeter of said lid panel, an inner surface of said depending lip sized to extend around said lip portion of said basin member said lid member formed by the process of blow molding to include an inner wall and an outer wall, said inner and said outer walls formed as one single continuous piece of plastic material, said cover panel of said lid member constructed to include pockets separated by ribs, said pockets sized and shaped to cooperate with pads formed onto a bottom surface of said base panel, said pads sized and shaped to fit into said pockets to allow stable stacking of multiple job boxes; at least one hinge assembly secured to said basin member and said lid member for pivotally securing said lid member to said basin member; at least one latch assembly secured to said basin member on a side opposing said at least one hinge assembly for securing said lid member in a closed position with respect to said basin member.