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US 4,763,855 AGranted
Floss bobbin holding device
OwnerMaureen DiVincenzoinventor
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Abstract
A device for holding a plurality of floss bobbins is described. The invention comprises a floss bobbin holding carrier which has a peripheral surface and a plurality of mounting sites on the surface. A plurality of modular floss bobbins are detachably mounted onto the floss bobbin holding carrier, which are arranged spatially on the peripheral surface of the floss bobbin holding carrier.
Claims6
A device for holding a plurality of generally planar floss bobbins, each of which has a hook-shaped flange at one side edge, said holding device comprising:
- (a) a supporting base having a top surface which has a circular depression,
- (b) a carrier which is mounted on said base for rotation about a vertical axis, said carrier comprising:
- (1) a peripheral wall having a top edge,
- (2) an upper central circular post which extends upwardly from the carrier, said post having a top surface which is above said top edge and which has a circular depression, and
- (3) a lower central circular post which extends downwardly from said carrier and which is rotatably and removably mounted in the circular depression of said supporting base or in the circular depression of a second identical carrier which is rotatably and removably mounted on said supporting base, and
- (c) a plurality of floss bobbin mounting sites spatially arranged along said peripheral wall, each of said sites being adapted for receiving the flange of a floss bobbin for supporting the bobbin.
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