Carrying case of a tool box assembly

Abstract

A carrying case includes a carrying member disposed on a top portion of a housing. The carrying member includes a first carrying body having a driving end opposite to a first pivot end connected pivotally to one lateral side of the housing, and a second carrying body having a driven end opposite to a second pivot end connected pivotally to the other lateral side of the housing. The first carrying body has a first width measured between the first pivot end and the driving end and greater than a second width of the second carrying body measured between the second pivot end and the driven end, and is provided with a handgrip thereon. An anchoring unit retains releasably the first and second carrying bodies at a closed position.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A carrying case comprising: 
 a housing having a top portion and opposite lateral sides;    a carrying member disposed on said top portion of said housing, said carrying member including a first carrying body having a first pivot end connected pivotally to one of said lateral sides of said housing and a driving end opposite to said first pivot end, and a second carrying body having a second pivot end connected pivotally to the other one of said lateral sides of said housing and a driven end opposite to said secondpivot end, said first carrying body having a first width measured between said first pivot end and said driving end and greater than a second width of said second carrying body measured between said second pivot end and said driven end, said first carrying body being provided with a handgrip thereon, said first and second carrying bodies being operable so as to move from a closed position, where said driving end of said first carrying body is adjacent to said driven end of said second carrying body, to an open position, where said driving end of said first carrying body is spaced apart from said driven end of said second carrying body; and    an anchoring unit provided on said top portion of said housing and said first and second carrying bodies for retaining releasably said first and second carrying bodies at the closed position.    
     
     
         2 . The carrying case as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said driving end of said first carrying body is formed with an engaging groove, said driven end of said second carrying body being formed with a projecting block that extends into and that engages said engaging groove in said driving end of said first carrying body when said first and second carrying bodies are disposed at the closed position.  
     
     
         3 . The carrying case as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said housing includes a bottom wall, and opposite lateral walls that extend from and that cooperate with said bottom wall so as to confine a receiving space, said housing further having an open front side for access into said receiving space of said housing.  
     
     
         4 . The carrying case as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein said top portion of said housing is provided with a tray having a top surface formed with a receiving groove that is covered by said carrying member when said first and second carrying bodies are disposed at the closed position.  
     
     
         5 . The carrying case as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein said anchoring unit includes a plurality of anchoring lugs formed on said tray, and a plurality of anchoring hooks formed on said first and second carrying bodies and corresponding to said anchoring lugs, each of said anchoring hooks engaging the corresponding one of said anchoring lugs when said first and second carrying bodies are disposed at the closed position.  
     
     
         6 . A tool box assembly comprising: 
 a housing having a top portion, opposite lateral sides, and a receiving space;    a tool box disposed in said receiving space of said housing;    a carrying member disposed on said top portion of said housing, said carrying member including a first carrying body having a first pivot end connected pivotally to one of said lateral sides of said housing and a driving end opposite to said first pivot end, and a second carrying body having a second pivot end connected pivotally to the other one of said lateral sides of said housing and a driven end opposite to said second pivot end, said first carrying body having a first width measured between said first pivot end and said driving end and greater than a second width of said second carrying body measured between said second pivot end and said driven end, said first carrying body being provided with a handgrip thereon, said first and second carrying bodies being operable so as to move from a closed position, where said driving end of said first carrying body is adjacent to said driven end of said second carrying body, to an open position, where said driving end of said first carrying body is spaced apart from said driven end of said second carrying body; and    an anchoring unit provided on said top portion of said housing and said first and second carrying bodies for retaining releasably said first and second carrying bodies at the closed position.    
     
     
         7 . The tool box assembly as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein said driving end of said first carrying body is formed with an engaging groove, said driven end of said second carrying body being formed with a projecting block that extends into and that engages said engaging groove in said driving end of said first carrying body when said first and second carrying bodies are disposed at the closed position  
     
     
         8 . The tool box assembly as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein said housing includes a bottom wall, and opposite lateral walls that extend from and that cooperate with said bottom wall so as to confine said receiving space, said housing further having an open front side for access into said receiving space of said housing, said tool box being disposed removably in said receiving space through said open front side.  
     
     
         9 . The tool box assembly as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein said top portion of said housing is provided with a tray having a top surface formed with a receiving groove that is covered by said carrying member when said first and second carrying bodies are disposed at the closed position.  
     
     
         10 . The tool box assembly as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein said anchoring unit includes a plurality of anchoring lugs formed on said tray, and a plurality of anchoring hooks formed on said first and second carrying bodies and corresponding to said anchoring lugs, each of said anchoring hooks engaging the corresponding one of said anchoring lugs when said first and second carrying bodies are disposed at the closed position.  
     
     
         11 . The tool box assembly as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein each of said tray and said bottom wall of said housing is formed with a positioning hole that is disposed adjacent to said open front side, said tool box assembly further comprising a positioning bolt extending through said positioning hole in said tray and engaging said positioning hole in said bottom wall so as to position said tool box in said receiving space.  
     
     
         12 . The tool box assembly as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein each of said lateral walls has an inner wall surface formed with an elongate slide rail, said tool box having opposite engaging sides disposed in sliding and removable engagement with said slide rails on said lateral walls, respectively.