Tool box with a logo plate thereon

Abstract

A tool box includes a molded box body and a logo plate mounted securely within a recess formed in an outer face of the molded box body through a shrink-fit process. The recess is confined by a recess-defining wall that has a bottom wall portion and a peripheral wall portion extending from the bottom wall portion to the outer face. The logo plate is retained securely by the peripheral wall portion. The logo plate is fitted into the recess while the molded box body, which is formed through a hot molding process, is still in a hot softened state.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A tool box including a molded box body having an outer face formed with a plate-receiving recess that is confined by a recess-defining wall which has a bottom wall portion and a peripheral wall portion extending from said bottom wall portion to said outer face, and a logo plate mounted securely within said plate-receiving recess through a shrink-fit process such that said logo plate abuts against and is retained securely by said peripheral wall portion of said recess-defining wall, thereby preventing removal of said logo plate from said plate-receiving recess, said logo plate being fitted into said plate-receiving recess while said molded box body, which is formed through a hot molding process, is still in a hot softened state.  
     
     
         2 . The tool box as defined in  claim 1 , wherein said peripheral wall portion of said recess-defining wall has a top edge opposite to said bottom wall portion of said box body, and gradually converges from said bottom wall portion toward said top edge, said logo plate having an upper face, a lower face opposite to said upper face, and a peripheral side face that interconnects said upper and lower faces, that conforms to shape of said recess-defining wall, and that abuts against said recess-defining wall.