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.

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       3 . A method for making a tool box comprising: 
 forming a tool box through hot molding techniques;    attaching a logo plate in a recess in the tool box while the tool box is in a hot softened state; and    cooling the tool box so as to permit shrinking of the recess and shrink-fit of the logo plate in the tool box.    
   
   
       4 . A method for making a tool box comprising: 
 forming a tool box including a recess in an exterior surface of the tool box defined by a closed bottom wall surrounded by a peripheral wall;    positioning a logo plate in the recess while the tool box is in a hot softened state so that a periphery of the logo plate substantially abuts the peripheral wall of the recess; and    thereafter cooling the tool box with the logo plate disposed in the recess to shrink the peripheral wall and thereby form a shrink-fit between the peripheral wall and the periphery of the logo plate to thereby permanently secure the logo plate to the tool box.