PARTS HOLDER

• US 3,645,281 A
• Filed: 04/03/1970
• Issued: 02/29/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: David Seidler
• Original Assignee: David Seidler
• Inventors: Seidler, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Louis G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): McNeill, Gregory E.
• Application Number:
  US05/025,493
• Time in Patent Office: 697 Days
• Field of Search: 132/88.7,53,5,79,32,31.2,45,88.5,79.1 206/DIG.18
• US Class Current: 132/333
• CPC Class Codes: A41G 5/02 Artificial eyelashes; Artificial eyebrows
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/28 Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks

Abstract

A parts holder which has a base or support element coated with a washable adhesive so that various parts can be adhered to the adhesive surface to store the parts, secure the parts during shipment or transfer between location, or to hold the parts so they may be worked on. The adhesive surface is renewable by being washable so that it may be continually reused, even if it becomes contaminated with foreign matter.

Claims

1. A parts holder comprising a flangelike base member and an upstanding portion projecting upwardly from said base member, said upstanding portion having the general configuration of a truncated cone defining a surface adapted for receiving parts thereon, and a washable adhesive applied to said surface for receiving and removably supporting said parts without contamination of same, said adhesive being washable for renewal of same.

2. A parts holder as claimed in claim 1 wherein said upstanding portion includes an envelope removably mounted thereon, said washable adhesive being applied to said envelope.

3. A parts holder as claimed in claim 2 and including a bore extending into said cone-shaped, upstanding portion along the longitudinal axis thereof, said bore communicating with the interior of said upstanding portion through the small end of said truncated cone.

4. A parts holder as claimed in claim 3 and further including a retaining ring releasably mounted in said bore, said retaining ring including a portion extending outwardly beyond said cone-shaped, upstanding portion, whereby to releasably retain said envelope.

5. A parts holder as claimed in claim 2 and including an arcuate seat on said flangelike base, contiguous with said upstanding portion.

6. A parts holder as claimed in claim 5 and including a ring member adapted for engagement with said flangelike base and having a surface substantially conforming to the shape of said arcuate seat.

7. A parts holder as claimed in claim 6 and further including a cover member having a peripheral edge in engagement with said flangelike base for releasably retaining said cover member in a position enveloping said upstanding portions and a substantial amount of said flangelike base, said cover member including a portion adapted for engagement with a portion of said ring member to retain said ring member in said arcuate seat when said cover member is mounted on said flangelike base.