Thread storage system

• US 10,413,057 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2017
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bessie Mclean
• Original Assignee: Bessie Mclean
• Inventors: McLean, Bessie
• Primary Examiner(s): Tefera, Hiwot E
• Application Number:
  US15/815,929
• Publication Number:
  US 20190150614A1
• Time in Patent Office: 669 Days
• Field of Search: 211184, 211186, 211189, 211134, 211135, 211188, 108 60, 312111, 312198, 312118, 312128, 312 42, 312 45, 312 72, 206561, 206574, 206 39, 206409, 220524, 112302, 112254, 2425882, 2421371, 242140, 2425944
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 49/00 Revolving cabinets or racks; Cabinets or racks with revolving parts for show or display A47F3/06, A47F3/10, A47F5/0081, A47F5/02
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 81/00 Cabinets or racks specially adapted for other particular purposes, e.g. for storing guns or skis
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 81/007 Racks for cylindrical or barrel-like objects, e.g. casks, rolls
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 87/0276 Stackable modular units, each consisting of a closed periphery A47B87/0292 takes precedence; stackable containers B65D21/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 87/0292 each casing having a cross-section with a closed periphery
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/02 Shelves movable shelves coupled to doors A47B96/16
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/17 in rolls or rolled tapes
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/04 for coils of wire, rope or hose
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/31 Textiles threads or artificial strands of filaments
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 49/322 Enclosing boxes with supporting means for the package or reel during unwinding
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 49/38 Skips, cages, racks, or containers, adapted solely for the transport or storage of bobbins, cops, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: D05B 91/16 Thread-spool receptacles

Abstract

A thread storage system including a housing that has a rear wall and a perimeter wall attached thereto. The perimeter wall includes a top wall and a bottom wall. A front side of the housing is open. A plurality of vertical walls extends between the top and bottom walls. A plurality of horizontal walls is attached to the vertical walls and the vertical and horizontal walls forms a plurality of compartments. Each of the compartments includes a pair of lateral walls, an upper wall and a lower wall. Each of plurality of doors has an upper edge, a lower edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. The compartments each has one of the doors is pivotally coupled thereto to allow selective closing of the compartments. Spools of thread are positionable in each of the compartments for storage and transporting purposes.

Claims

1. A thread organization and storages system comprising:

a housing having a rear wall and a perimeter wall being attached to and extending forwardly of said rear wall, said perimeter wall including a top wall and a bottom wall, a front side of said housing being open, a plurality of vertical walls extending between said top and bottom walls, said vertical walls being orientated parallel to each other, a plurality of horizontal walls being attached to said vertical walls, said vertical and horizontal walls forming a plurality of compartments;

each of said compartments having a height between 1.25 inches and 2.5 inches, a width between 1.25 inches and 2.0 inches and a depth between 1.25 inches and 2.0 inches;

a plurality of doors, each of said doors having an upper edge, a lower edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, each of said compartments having one of said doors being pivotally coupled thereto, said doors each being coupled to an associated one of said compartments adjacent to corresponding ones of said lower edges, said doors being openable downwardly such that said upper edges pivot downwardly to an open position or upwardly to a closed position; and

a plurality of spools each having thread thereon, each of said spools being positioned within one of said compartments, said compartments having a size to receive only a single one of said spools.

2. The thread organization and storages system according to claim 1, wherein said perimeter wall includes a first side wall and a second side wall, each of said horizontal walls extending from said first side wall to said second side wall.

3. The thread organization and storages system according to claim 1, wherein said vertical and horizontal walls are each continuously coupled to said rear wall.

4. The thread organization and storages system according to claim 1, wherein said compartments are arranged in columns and rows wherein said rows include at least five rows and said columns includes at least four columns.

5. The thread organization and storages system according to claim 1, wherein each of said upper edges has a groove therein configured to be gripped by a person.

6. The thread organization and storages system according to claim 1, wherein each of said doors comprises a translucent material.

7. A thread organization and storages system comprising:

a housing having a rear wall and a perimeter wall being attached to and extending forwardly of said rear wall, said perimeter wall including a top wall and a bottom wall, a front side of said housing being open, a plurality of vertical walls extending between said top and bottom walls, said vertical walls being orientated parallel to each other, a plurality of horizontal walls being attached to said vertical walls, said vertical and horizontal walls forming a plurality of compartments, each of said compartments including a pair of lateral walls, an upper wall and a lower wall, said perimeter wall including a first side wall and a second side wall, said vertical and horizontal walls are each continuously coupled to said rear wall, each of said horizontal walls extending from said first side wall to said second side wall;

each of said compartments having a height between 1.25 inches and 2.5 inches, a width between 1.25 inches and 2.0 inches and a depth between 1.25 inches and 2.0 inches, said compartments being arranged in columns and rows wherein said rows include at least five rows and said columns includes at least four columns;

a plurality of doors, each of said doors having an upper edge, a lower edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, each of said compartments having one of said doors being pivotally coupled thereto, said doors each being coupled to an associated one of said compartments adjacent to corresponding ones of said lower edges, said doors being openable downwardly such that said upper edges pivot downwardly to an open position or upwardly to a closed position, each of said upper edges having a groove therein configured to be gripped by a person, each of said doors comprising a translucent material; and

a plurality of spools each having thread thereon, each of said spools being positioned within one of said compartments, said compartments having a size to receive only a single one of said spools.