Structure of tool box

Claim 1

A tool box for holding elongated tools comprising: a) a base having a plurality of open chambers formed therein and a cover hinged to the base for opening and closing the base; b) each open chamber being partially defined by a pair of opposed side walls and a bottom wall including a front bottom wall section and a rear bottom wall section, with the rear bottom wall section being disposed at a lower elevation than the front bottom wall section; c) a tool holder disposed within each open chamber, the tool holder including a plurality of parallel elongated slots extending from a front side to a back side of the holder, each elongated slot including an access hole at the front side of the holder for receiving an elongated tool therein, a top side, a pair of opposed sides, and a block means extending upwardly from the top side for engagement by the cover during closing of the base; and d) means for pivotally mounting each tool holder to the opposed side walls of the open chamber whereby the pivot axis is positioned transverse to the longitudinal axes of the elongated slots and towards the front side of the holder to permit the back side of the holder to automatically pivot downwardly under the force of gravity towards the rear bottom wall section of the open chamber and dispose the access holes in an upwardly facing position for inserting the elongated tools into and removing the elongated tools from the elongated slots when the cover is in an open position.