A portable apparatus for mounting a dual hoop system for embroidery onto a section of an item to be embroidered, said apparatus comprising:
- a) a base comprising a flat top surface, a flat bottom surface, a proximal end, a distal end, a left side and a right side;
- b) a mounting section, said mounting section comprising:
- a first panel comprising a flat front surface, a flat back surface, proximal end, a distal end, a left side, a right side and a hole on said left side;
- a second panel comprising a flat front surface, a flat back surface, proximal end, a distal end, a left side and a right side;
- a third panel comprising a flat front surface, a flat back surface, proximal end, a distal end, a left side, a right side and a hole on its right side;
- a joining system configured to join said first, second and third panel in an aligned position, said joining system comprising a first joining plate and a second joining plate, fastened to the flat back surface of said first, second and third panel;
- c) a connecting system for connecting the mounting section to the base by connecting the first and third panels of the mounting section to the proximal end of the base, said connecting system allowing the mounting section to move inwardly and outwardly in relation to the distal side of the base and from left to right and vice versa in relation to the proximal side of the base;
- d) a first lateral support section, and a second lateral support section comprising:
- a first sliding unit and a second sliding unit, each of said sliding units comprising a main body with a central aperture passing throughout said main body and a threaded lateral hole perpendicular to and in direct contact with said central aperture;
- an elongated cylindrical bar comprising an elongated body having an angled end, which is inserted into the hole on said left side of the first panel, and a straight end;
- said elongated cylindrical bar positioned in parallel to the left side of the first panel, and wherein said elongated body is inserted through the central aperture of the first and second sliding units, allowing said first and second sliding units to slide upwardly and downwardly along said elongated bar;
- a supporting unit comprising a rectangular body fastened to the first panel and a round cavity wherein the straight end of said elongated cylindrical bar is inserted and secured;
- e) a second lateral support section, comprising:
- a first sliding unit and a second sliding unit, each of said sliding units comprising a main body with a central aperture passing throughout said main body and a threaded lateral hole perpendicular to and in direct contact with said central aperture;
- an elongated cylindrical bar comprising an elongated body having an angled end, which is inserted into the hole on said right side of the third panel, and a straight end;
- said elongated cylindrical bar positioned in parallel to the right side of the third panel, and wherein said elongated body is inserted through the central aperture of the first and second sliding units of the second lateral support section, allowing said first and second sliding units to slide upwardly and downwardly along said elongated bar of the second lateral support section;
- a supporting unit, comprising a rectangular body fastened to the third panel and a round cavity wherein the straight end of said elongated cylindrical bar is inserted and secured;
- f) an upper inner hoop supporting section comprising:
- an elongated plate comprising a first hole, a central elongated groove and a second hole;
- a first knurled screw and a second knurled screw, wherein said first and second knurled screws are inserted through the central elongated groove of the elongated plate with its threaded ends pointing outwardly relative to the mounting section;
- a first knurled screw handle knob and a second knurled screw handle knob;
- a first holding bracket comprising a main body with an opening inserted in the first knurled screw and further secured with the first knurled screw handle knob;
- a second holding bracket comprising a main body with an opening inserted in the second knurled screw and further secured with the second knurled screw handle knob;
- a third knurled screw passing through said first hole of the elongated plate and threaded to the threaded lateral hole of the first sliding unit in the first lateral support section;
- a fourth knurled screw passing through said second hole of the elongated plate and threaded to the threaded lateral hole of the first sliding unit in the second lateral support section;
- g) a lower inner hoop supporting section comprising:
- an elongated plate comprising a first hole, a central elongated groove and a second hole;
- a first knurled screw and a second knurled screw, both of them inserted though the central elongated groove of the elongated plate with its threaded ends outwardly positioned relative to the mounting section;
- a first knurled screw handle knob and a second knurled screw handle knob;
- a first holding bracket comprising a main body with an opening inserted in the first knurled screw and further secured with the first knurled screw handle knob;
- a second holding bracket comprising a main body with an opening inserted in the second knurled screw and further secured with the second knurled screw handle knob;
- a third knurled screw passing through said first hole of the elongated plate and threaded to the threaded lateral hole of the first sliding unit in the second lateral support section;
- a fourth knurled screw passing through said second hole of the elongated plate and threaded to the threaded lateral hole of the second sliding unit in the second lateral support section;
- h) a rearward support section which allows the mounting section to be secured in a selected angled position, said rearward support section comprising:
- an inverted U-shaped bar having a first bent end and a second bent end;
- a first clamp and a second clamp, fastened to the back surface of the first and second panels respectively and confining the U-shaped bar to the back surface of the first and third panels;
- a first multi-perforated bar and a second multi-perforated bar;
- each one of said perforated bar fastened in to the base and wherein the first bent end and the second bent end of the inverted U-shaped bar are inserted in a predetermined aligned perforations on the first and second multi-perforated bars respectively in order to maintain the mounting section in an selective angled position;
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- wherein:
- the upper and the lower inner hoop support sections are movable upwardly and downwardly along the elongated cylindrical bars on the first and second lateral support sections once the third and fourth knurled screws of the upper inner hoop support section, which are threaded to the first sliding unit in the first lateral support section and the first sliding unit of the second lateral support section, respectively, and the third and fourth knurled screws of the lower inner hoop support section, which are threaded to the second sliding unit in the first lateral support section and to the second sliding unit in the second lateral support section, respectively, are loosed;
- and wherein the upper and the lower inner hoop support sections are confined to a predetermined or selective position along said elongated cylindrical bars on the first and second lateral support sections once said third and fourth knurled screws of the upper inner hoop section and the third and fourth knurled screws of the lower inner hoop section, respectively, are tightened;
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- wherein:
- the first and second holding brackets of the upper inner hoop support section are rotatable around the first knurled screw and the second knurled screw, respectively, and are also movable horizontally along the central elongated groove of the elongated plate of the upper inner hoop supporting section once the first and second knurled screw handle knobs of said upper hoop support section are loosed and wherein said first and second holding brackets of the upper inner hoop support section are selectively confined to a predetermined position along said central elongated hoop by tightening said first and second knurled screw handle knobs;
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- wherein
- the first and second holding brackets of the lower inner hoop support section are rotatable around the first knurled screw and the second knurled screw, respectively, and are also movable horizontally along the central elongated groove of the elongated plate of the lower inner hoop supporting section once the first and second knurled screw handle knobs of said upper hoop support section are loosed and wherein said first and second holding brackets of the lower inner hoop support section are selectively confined to a predetermined position along said central elongated hoop by tightening said first and second knurled screw handle knobs.