# US 2008/0185379 A1 · Storage Device for Elongated Articles

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- Number: US 2008/0185379 A1
- Document ID: US20080185379A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 11/993,920
- Filed: 2006-06-26
- Published: 2008-08-07
- Earliest claimed: 2005-06-27
- Assignees: April M. Anderson; Brandyn Phillips
- Inventors: Brandyn B. Phillips
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20080185379A1

## CPC

- B65B 5/045: {in bags}
- B65D 85/42: for ampoules; for lamp bulbs; for electronic valves or tubes
- B65H 75/36: without essentially involving the use of a core or former internal to a stored package of material, e.g. with stored material housed within casing or container, or intermittently engaging a plurality of supports as in sinuous or serpentine fashion
- B65D 2585/86: for electrical components
- B65H 2701/3915: Strings of lights, e.g. Christmas lighting
- B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00)
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

## Abstract

An apparatus and method for storing an elongated article, such as a light string or the like. The apparatus includes a hollow tube and an elongated sock. The elongated sock is fed onto the hollow tube such that end of said sock is in proximity to the end of the tube. In use, one end of the elongated article is inserted through the hollow tube and is pulled through the tube along with the sock. As the length of the elongated article is pulled through the tube along with the sock, the length of the elongated article is disposed within the length of the sock.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of storing an elongated article, said method comprising:
providing a hollow tube;
providing an elongated sock having an open end and another end;
placing said open end of the sock over one end of the hollow tube;
feeding said elongated sock onto said hollow tube until said another end of said sock is in proximity to said tube;
inserting one end of the elongated article through said hollow tube;
pulling the elongated article through said tube along with said sock, such that the length of said elongated article is at least partially disposed within the length of said sock.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein said another end of said sock is closed.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein said elongated sock has a length at least approximate the length of the elongated article to be stored therein.

### Claim 4

An elongated article storing device, comprising:
a hollow tube having a predetermined length, a first end and a second end;
a sock having a predetermined length, an open end and another end, wherein said open end of said sock is disposed around said tube and wherein a substantial portion of said predetermined length a said sock is removably disposed onto said tube such that said another end of said sock is in proximity to said second end of said hollow tube;
whereby upon inserting one end of an elongated article through said first end of said hollow tube and by pulling the elongated article through said second end of said hollow tube along with said sock, the length of the elongated article is disposed within the length of said sock.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The elongated article storing device of claim 4 wherein said another end of said sock is closed.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The elongated article storing device of claim 4 wherein the predetermined length of said sock is at least approximate the length of the elongated article to be stored therein.