Business Segments (Detail)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 29, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 29, 2019 USD ($) Integer	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 29, 2018 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Deferred Revenue, Revenue Recognized			$ 65,900,000	$ 66,200,000
Net Sales	$ 3,761,300,000	$ 3,643,600,000	$ 7,094,900,000	6,852,900,000
Document Period End Date			Jun. 29, 2019
Number of Reportable Segments | Integer			3
Segment profit	573,100,000	532,200,000	$ 949,400,000	959,600,000
Other-net	(62,200,000)	(119,300,000)	(127,600,000)	(177,300,000)
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Business	17,200,000	(800,000)	17,200,000	(800,000)
Restructuring charges and asset impairments recognized	(8,500,000)	(13,400,000)	(17,200,000)	(36,300,000)
Interest Expense	(72,400,000)	(69,000,000.0)	(146,800,000)	(132,200,000)
Interest income	(12,100,000)	(15,600,000)	(28,700,000)	(31,400,000)
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	(403,700,000)	(294,400,000)	(598,500,000)	(546,200,000)
Assets	21,523,600,000		21,523,600,000		$ 19,408,000,000.0
Tools & Storage [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Restructuring charges and asset impairments recognized	(4,000,000)		(3,000,000)
Securities Industry
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Restructuring charges and asset impairments recognized			(4,000,000)
Industrial Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Restructuring charges and asset impairments recognized	(4,000,000)		(6,000,000)
Corporate Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Cost, Overhead	55,600,000	50,900,000	(105,200,000)	98,200,000
Restructuring charges and asset impairments recognized	(1,000,000)		(4,000,000)
Assets	535,100,000		535,100,000		748,700,000
Continuing Operations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Assets	22,058,700,000		22,058,700,000		20,156,700,000
Continuing Operations [Member] | Tools & Storage [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	2,626,000,000.0	2,567,800,000	4,918,300,000	4,783,600,000
Segment profit	440,000,000.0	398,600,000	705,800,000	700,000,000.0
Assets	14,081,000,000.0		14,081,000,000.0		13,122,600,000
Continuing Operations [Member] | Securities Industry
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Deferred Revenue, Revenue Recognized	0.449	0.439	0.452	0.461
Net Sales	485,400,000	502,700,000	971,700,000	992,000,000.0
Segment profit	38,000,000.0	48,100,000	77,500,000	93,600,000
Assets	3,440,000,000.0		3,440,000,000.0		3,413,600,000
Continuing Operations [Member] | Industrial Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Deferred Revenue, Revenue Recognized	0.096	0.103	0.100	0.106
Net Sales	649,900,000	573,100,000	1,204,900,000	1,077,300,000
Segment profit	95,100,000	85,500,000	166,100,000	166,000,000.0
Assets	4,537,700,000		4,537,700,000		$ 3,620,500,000
Engineered Fastening [Member] | Continuing Operations [Member] | Industrial Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	441,900,000	468,200,000	876,200,000	880,000,000.0
Infrastructure business [Member] | Continuing Operations [Member] | Industrial Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	$ 208,000,000.0	$ 104,900,000	$ 328,700,000	$ 197,300,000