Thread and bobbin storage case for existing sewing machine cabinets
OwnerEdith B. Wattsinventor
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Abstract
A storage case for holding spools of thread and bobbins is so designed as to be mountable on an outer vertical wall of practically any existing sewing machine cabinet. The case includes an outer frame which is mounted on an exterior wall of the sewing machine cabinet and a vertically slidable drawer unit therein. Partitions within the drawer unit include upright spindles for holding the thread and bobbins in place. The drawer unit further includes a resiliently biased, frictional connecting means between the frame and drawer unit for holding the drawer in any desired raised, open position whereby the thread or bobbins may be removed for use.
Claims5
In combination with a sewing machine cabinet of the type having an upper surface from which a sewing machine head extends and is selectively retractable, a sewing accessory storage case comprising:
- (a) a housing including spaced side walls, and at least a rear wall, and attachment means associated therewith for releasably securing said housing against an existing exterior wall or a sewing machine cabinet with said rear wall being spaced from said existing wall;
- (b) a drawer having at least a top wall and a pair of side walls slidably received within said housing for vertical movement;
- (c) said drawer further including at least one partition member extending horizontally between said drawer side walls and including a plurality of upwardly extending spindles mounted thereon;
- (d) resiliently biased, frictional connecting means extending between said drawer and said housing for holding said drawer in a multiplicity of raised, open positions whereby sewing accessories may be removed therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.