Fiber holder
US6938766B1 · kind B1 · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47F7/0021
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The invention is a suspension plate system for providing access to hanks of fiber. The system may include a circular, transparent, plastic disc having a plurality of truncated conic circular bores located equidistant from the center of the disc and being substantially equidistant from each other. Each bore has a larger diameter opening on the top of the disc and a smaller diameter opening on the bottom of the disc. A plurality of generally radial slots equal in number to the number of bores are located on the disc to communicate between each bore and the outer edge of the disc. Each bore provides a device wherein a hank of fiber, cut into substantially equal lengths to other hanks and divided by color and/or nature can be presented for display and use. The hank of fiber of like color and/or nature is bound by a knob-like binder that can be captured in one of the bores, with the hank of fiber suspended down from the disc, thus locking the hank of fiber in place relative to other hanks and to the disc. The binder is captured because its effective diameter is between the diameters of the upper and lower openings of the bore. The slot allows the hank of fiber to be axially placed withi…
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