US 3,951,263 AGranted

Holders for needles, pins and like articles

AssigneeAbel Morrall Limited

InventorAlbert Hugh Vale

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Abstract

A holder for needles and like articles both at the time of sale and for storage in subsequent use has a pad of felt through which the needles are pushed. Usually the pad is a block mounted on a generally flat base of vacuum formed plastics sheet with a backing sheet of card. A hollow in the plastics can provide a housing for the felt block and the needles can be pushed through both the plastics and the felt. A clear plastics cover over the needles can itself be bent to open the holder or the cover can be slidable on the base to expose a part of the base which is bendable to enable the needles to be gripped. Provision is made for closing the open end of the cover, retaining it in the closed position and limiting its opening movement.

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Dependent claims

A holder for needles, pins and like elongated articles comprising in combination:

a generally planar base formed from sheet material which is basically stiff but has some degree of resilience for permitting temporary bending thereof, said base having a front surface, two opposite side edges, a medial elongated, forwardly projecting, hollow formation at said front surface for supporting the articles and which extends transversely relative to said side edges, and spaced first and second portions at opposite sides of said hollow formation, said first portion being formed with elongated forwardly projecting, hollow stiffening formations and comprising longitudinal stiffening formations adjacent to and extending longitudinally with respect to said side edges and a transverse stiffening formation extending transversely with respect to said side edges at a position spaced from said hollow formation, which said stiffening formations restrain said first portion from bending and in combination with said hollow formation define an enclosed area at said first portion, and said second portion being manually bendable rearwardly away from said hollow formation, and said hollow formation having opposed side walls which permit the articles to be inserted therethrough transversely of said hollow formation and locate the articles side-by-side close to, and substantially parallel to, said front surface with one end of the articles disposed in said enclosed area and the other end overlying said bendable portion, a cover for enclosing the articles located by said hollow formation in use, being made of substantially rigid sheet material and having a central portion which extends over said hollow formation and said first and bendable portions, and opposite marginal portions having opposed channels which engage around and are slidable along said side edge, said cover being slidable relative to said base longitudinally of said side edges between a closed position in which it overlies said enclosed area and said bendable portion and said channels engage with said side edges at said bendable portion and thereby prevent said portion from being deflected, and an open position in which said cover is withdrawn from said bendable portion whilst still overlying said enclosed area, so that the ends of the articles which overlie said bendable portion are exposed for removal of the articles from said hollow formation and said channels are disengaged from said bendable portion, which is thereby able to be deflected rearwardly to facilitate access to the articles, and means on said central portion co-operable with said hollow formation and said transverse stiffening formation for limiting the sliding movement of said cover relative to said base.

A holder for needles, pins and like elongated articles comprising in combination:

a generally planar base formed from sheet material which is basically stiff but has some degree of resilience for permitting temporary bending thereof, said base having a front surface, two opposite side edges, a medial elongated, forwardly projecting, hollow formation at said front surface extending transversely relative to said side edges, and spaced first and second portions at opposite sides of said hollow formation, said first portion being formed with elongated, forwardly projecting, hollow stiffening formations comprising longitudinal stiffening formations adjacent to and extending longitudinally with respect to said side edges and a transverse stiffening formation extending transversely with respect to said side edges at a position spaced from said hollow formation, which said stiffening formations restrain said first portion from bending and in combination with said hollow formation define an enclosed area at said first portion, and said second portion being manually bendable rearwardly away from said hollow formation, and said hollow formation having opposed side walls which permit the articles to be inserted therethrough transversely of said hollow formation,
a mounting for the articles located in said hollow formation of complementary shape to said hollow formation, being formed by a pad of felt able to be penetrated by and frictionally to grip the articles inserted through said side walls so as to hold the articles side-by-side close to, and substantially parallel to, said front surface with one end of the articles disposed in said enclosed area and the other end overlying said bendable portion,
a cover for enclosing the articles held by said mounting in use, being made of substantially rigid sheet material and having a central portion which is spaced forwards from and extends over said hollow formation and said first and bendable portions, and opposite marginal portions having opposed channels which engage around and are slidable along said side edges, said cover being slidable relative to said base longitudinally of said side edges between a closed position in which it overlies said enclosed area and said bendable portion and said channels engage with said side edges at said bendable portion and thereby prevent said portion from being deflected and an open position in which said cover is withdrawn from said bendable portion whilst still overlying said enclosed area, so that the ends of the articles which overlie said bendable portion are exposed for removal of the articles from said mounting and said channels are disengaged from said bendable portion, which is thereby able to be deflected rearwardly to facilitate access to the articles,
and means on said central portion co-operable with said hollow formation and said transverse stiffening formation for limiting the sliding movement of said cover relative to said base.

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A sewing needle pack comprising a holder and needles mounted in said holder, said holder comprising in combination:

a generally planar base formed from sheet material which is basically stiff but has some degree of resilience for permitting temporary bending thereof, said base having a front surface, two opposite side edges, a medial elongated, forwardly projecting, hollow formation at said front surface for supporting said articles and which extends transversely relative to said side edges, and spaced first and second portions at opposite sides of said hollow formation, said first portion being formed with elongated, forwardly projecting, hollow stiffening formations comprising longitudinal stiffening formations adjacent to and extending longitudinally with respect to said side edges and a transverse stiffening formation extending transversely with respect to said side edges at a position spaced from said hollow formation which said stiffening formations restrain said first portion from bending and in combination with said hollow formation define an enclosed area at said front portion, and said second portion being manually bendable rearwardly away from said hollow formation, and said hollow formation having opposed longitudinal, penetrable side walls, a mounting for said articles located in said hollow formation of complementary shape to said hollow formation, being formed by a pad of felt able to be penetrated by and frictionally to grip said articles,
said needles being inserted into said mounting through said longitudinal side walls of said hollow formation and being held therein by the frictional grip of said felt side-by-side parallel to said opposite side edges of said base and close to and substantially parallel to said front surface with their pointed ends disposed in said enclosed area and their eye ends overlying said bendable portion,
a cover for enclosing said articles held by said mounting, being made of substantially rigid sheet material and having a central portion which is spaced forwards from and extends over said hollow formation and said first and bendable portions, and opposite marginal portions having opposed channels which engage around and are slidable along said side edges, said cover being slidable relative to said base between a closed position in which it overlies said articles, said enclosed area and said bendable portion, and said channels engage with said side edges at said bendable portion and thereby prevent said portion from being deflected, and an open position in which said cover is withdrawn from said bendable portion, whilst still overlying said enclosed area, so that said eye ends of said needles are exposed for removal of said needles from said mounting and said channels are disengaged from said bendable portion, which is thereby able to be deflected rearwardly to facilitate access to said needles,
and means on said central portion co-operable with said hollow formation and said transverse stiffening formation for limiting the sliding movement of said cover relative to said base.

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A holder for needles, pin and like elongated articles comprising in combination:

a generally planar base formed from sheet material which is basically stiff but has some degree of resilience for permitting temporary bending thereof, said base having a front surface, two opposite side edges, a medial elongated, forwardly projecting, hollow formation at said front surface extending transversely relative to said side edges, and spaced first and second portions at opposite sides of said hollow formation, said first portion being formed with forwardly projecting, hollow stiffening formations comprising longitudinal stiffening formations adjacent to and extending longitudinally with respect to said side edges and a transverse stiffening formation extending transversely with respect to said side edges at a position spaced from said hollow formation, which said stiffening formations restrain said first portions from bending and in combination with said hollow formation define an enclosed area at said first portion, said second portion having a hinge part adjacent and parallel to said hollow formation about which said second portion is manually bendable rearwardly away from said hollow formation, and said second portion being formed with forwardly projecting, hollow stiffening formations which are spaced from said hollow formation and restrain said second portion from bending except at said hinge part, some of said stiffening formations in said two portions of said base having forwardly opening socket formations, and said hollow formation having opposed side walls which permit the articles to be inserted therethrough transversely of said hollow formation,
a mounting for the articles located in said hollow formation of complementary shape to said hollow formation, being formed by a pad of felt able to be penetrated by and frictionally to grip the articles inserted through said side walls so as to hold the articles side-by-side close to, and substantially parallel to said front surface with one end of the article disposed in said enclosed area and the other end overlying said bendable portion, and
a cover for enclosing the articles held by said mounting in use, being made of sheet material and being of similar shape to said base and extending over said hollow formation and said first and second portions, and having rearwardly protruding, stud projections which releaseably engage with said socket formations whereby said cover is detachably fastened to said base in a closed position in which it overlies said enclosed area and said second portion, said cover being releasable from said second portion so as to expose the ends of the articles which overlie said second portion for removal of the articles from said mounting and allow said second portion to be deflected rearwardly to facilitate access to the articles.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

A holder for needles, pins and like elongated articles comprising in combination:

a generally planar base formed from sheet material which is basically stiff but has some degree of resilience for permitting temporary bending thereof, said base having a front surface, two opposite side edges, a medial elongated, forwardly projecting, hollow formation at said front surface for supporting the articles and which extends transversely relative to said side edges, and spaced first and second portions at opposite sides of said hollow formation, said first portion being formed with elongated forwardly projecting, hollow stiffening formations and comprising longitudinal stiffening formations adjacent to and extending longitudinally with respect to said side edges and a transverse stiffening formation extending transversely with respect to said side edges at a position spaced from said hollow formation, which said stiffening formations restrain said first portion from bending and in combination with said hollow formation define an enclosed area at said first portion, and said second portion being manually bendable rearwardly away from said hollow formation, and said hollow formation having opposed side walls which permit the articles to be inserted therethrough transversely of said hollow formation and locate the articles side-by-side close to, and substantially parallel to, said front surface with one end of the articles disposed in said enclosed area and the other end overlying said bendable portion, a cover for enclosing the articles located by said hollow formation in use, being made of substantially rigid sheet material and having a central portion which extends over said hollow formation and said first and bendable portions, and opposite marginal portions having opposed channels which engage around and are slidable along said side edge, said cover being slidable relative to said base longitudinally of said side edges between a closed position in which it overlies said enclosed area and said bendable portion and said channels engage with said side edges at said bendable portion and thereby prevent said portion from being deflected, and an open position in which said cover is withdrawn from said bendable portion whilst still overlying said enclosed area, so that the ends of the articles which overlie said bendable portion are exposed for removal of the articles from said hollow formation and said channels are disengaged from said bendable portion, which is thereby able to be deflected rearwardly to facilitate access to the articles, and means on said central portion co-operable with said hollow formation and said transverse stiffening formation for limiting the sliding movement of said cover relative to said base.