Tray for string jewelry items

Abstract

A horizontal panel member is provided including an upper surface having a plurality of elongated generally parallel upwardly opening grooves formed therein and opening outwardly of one end of the upper surface of the panel member. The panel member comprises a major portion of a tray including an upstanding peripheral curb extending peripherally around all sides of the upper surface and projecting upwardly thereabove, except at the end of the upper surface through which the plurality of grooves open. That portion of the curb extending along the aforementioned upper surface end is spaced outwardly therefrom and terminates upwardly at an elevation substantially horizontally aligned with the bottom of the grooves and thereby defines an upwardly facing guide surface upon which an intermediate portion of an elongated needle may be rested in order to assist alignment of the pointed end of the needle with one of the open ends of the grooves, the grooves being provided to receive a plurality of rows of tubular cylindrical bead-type members or other similar bored items to be strung in the manner of a necklace on a string through the utilization of a needle which may be readily passed through aligned bores formed in bored items cradled in the grooves.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.