Fringe maker

A fringe maker for winding yarns to make a fringe, comprising:

• an elongated base having a pair of spaced crank and idler support member recesses interconnected by a longitudinal winding rod recess, and a ruler recess, said base being of a construction chosen from the group consisting of a single piece and respective upper and lower bases that are affixed together;
• a bendable ruler that when in a straight configuration closely fits within said ruler recess for storage;
• a pair of crank and idler support members each comprising an upper section of generally rectangular shape and a thicker lower section that is longitudinally tapered with a rounded bottom pivotally connected to said base within respective of said crank and idler support member recesses using a plurality of pivot pins, said crank support member having a crank-receiving slot and a retaining device receiving hole that intersects said slot, said idler support member having a pivot bore, with each support member having an upright operating position stopped against said base and a horizontal storage position disposed within said support member recesses that each define a storage area thereunder;
• a pair of elongated winding rods each of a cross-section chosen from the group consisting of circular, rectangular, polygonal, and oblong;
• a pair of crank and idler winding arms each comprising a support section of truncated triangular shape having a central area with a pivot bore rotatably connectable respectively to said crank and idler support members while in said operating positions to rotate about a horizontal axis and a dependent rod section of rectangular shape having two pluralities of rod-receiving bores that closely receive opposite ends of said winding rods disposed in a plurality of spaced relationships equidistant from and at opposite sides of said axis to interconnect said winding arms to form a removable winding unit, said central area of said idler winding arm being rotatably connectable to said idler support member using a rotation pin that extends into said pivot bores thereof;
• a retaining device;
• a hand crank that includes a drive rod having a crank leg with splined distal end coaxially affixed within said pivot bore for hand-driving said crank winding arm and a parallel, oppositely disposed handle leg interconnected through a connecting leg, and a gripping handle connected to said handle leg, said crank leg being closely rotatably receivable within said crank-receiving slot of said crank support member retained thereto by said retaining device received in said retaining device receiving hole;
• a middle winding arm having a pair of end slots, two pluralities of side slots that closely receive said winding rods in said spaced relationships, and a clearance bore centrally disposed thereon to receive said rotation pin of said idler winding arm during storage, said end slots being at such a spacing and said side slots being angled inwardly so as to snap-fit to and reinforce said winding rods intermediate said winding arms;
• wherein the fringe is made by rotating said hand crank to wind the yarns around said winding rods, removing said winding unit with wound yarns from said base with support members for sewing a retaining seam to complete the fringe, and removing the fringe by disassembling said winding rods from said winding arms, said winding arms, said winding rods, and said hand crank being storable within said storage areas.