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US 4,561,574 AGranted
Stitchery needle board
OwnerLuba Browninventor
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Abstract
A stitchery board apparatus (10) comprising a pin cushion unit (11) having a pin cushion enclosure unit (12) surrounding its periphery, a support unit (13) pivotally secured to the enclosure unit (12) and a plurality of indexes (23), (24) arranged on the apparatus such depending upon the orientation of the enclosure unit only one index will be visible in an upright position to a user of the apparatus.
Claims1
A stitchery needle board apparatus adapted to retain and support a plurality of stitchery needles having a different colored thread associated with each of said plurality of needles wherein the apparatus consists of:
- a pin cushion unit comprising a penetratable member;
- an elongated, generally rectangular, pin cushion enclosure unit forming end members and generally open elongated side members, fabricated of generally rigid material, and surrounding at least the periphery of the pin cushion unit, so that a major portion of the surface area of the pin cushion unit is exposed thru both of the generally open elongated side members of said enclosure unit;
- a pair of elongated rectangular support legs whose height is only equal to the height of the ends of the enclosure unit, and which are pivotally connected at their midpoints to the midpoints of the ends of the enclosure unit, whereby the enclosure unit may be supported by the support legs at a variety of angles with respect to the vertical;
- and,
- a plurality of indexes disposed on both generally open elongated sides of the enclosure unit adjacent the exposed portion of the pin cushion, wherein the said plurality of indexes consists of at least one alphabetical index and at least one numerical index and wherein the said plurality of indexes are arranged on each elongated side of the enclosure unit in an inverted and in an upright disposition such that only one of said plurality of indexes will be visible in a readable manner at any given time to a user of the apparatus.
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