Preventing toy box lid from slamming shut

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There are smaller varieties appropriate for your use. You just have to search for them .

There is such a device. For an example see:

Try

it says in the description " Prevents lids from accidentally slamming shut on fingers." and there's no way he could have found that without searching for something obscure like, "prevent lid slam fingers". ;)

Google is the enemy, and you should keep your enemies close.

Very simple, "toy box support" or "toy box lid" its right in his Subject Matter.

As far as you're concerned everyone is here to serve you?

For those of you that offered helpful suggestions, thanks very much. For thoses of you who were critical of my request suggesting I could have found thiese myself, get a life. Why waste bandwith with such nonsense. Who do you think you're helping?

I've followed this group for maybe 10 years. Most of the time, every>>> > There must be a simple device that allows a lid to close slowly rather

Jerks? Just because they pointed out something kind of obvious? I don't recall that any of those posters resorted to calling you any names for your original post. Funny you should feel the need...

Thery are, in my humble opinion, jerks!

Why waste bandwidth with such suggestions? If one doesn't want to help in a positive manor, or has nothing positive to add why not stay silent? Who is helped by negative or non-helpful responses. Maybe the sender gets satisfaction but I really don't think anyone else finds such comments positive nor helpful to anyone.

Perhaps it's because the helpful folks get their info by doing a google search?

I didn't find the response to be too awful negative. A gentle nudge towards google is often a good way to be encouraging. Most people that first post to a forum like this typically later re-post about the abundance of information they found using google. All in all, a good thing. I still have a problem with the response that calls people jerks for doing exactly what you are doing - expressing an opinion.

I've helped in a positive manor - a small manor, I think it was a two door. ;)

As far as the bandwidth, that is no longer a concern for anyone as far as I can tell. People's time, however, is always in short supply, and what you've done is to ask a group of strangers to do a search for you. If you searched and didn't find anything, well, hell, post away, but otherwise it just comes across as laziness.

Don't worry about the jerk comment. I don't - I've been called far worse by far better people! ;)

Have you considered that replying in the way you have might possibly cause someone's opinion of slide down hill?

Mark

I look at it as teaching a man to fish.

Myself, I'll often post a link directly to the search.

The OP can then reply with a "Has anyone used one of these?" or a "Which of these three parts might work best?"

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Well, whatever you call it, a "gas strut" is what is in use on cars, and they come in an infinite variety of sizes (lengths) and strengths.

For instance, the one on the hood of my new KIA might support a ten (or more) pound toybox lid as well as it supports the hood of the car.

Flash

Lee Valley do one. Their viscous damper is much better than any of the spring-based ones.