Patent ID: 7422111
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: A45C,A45F,B65H

Abstract:
1. A yarn keeper comprising: a back disc connected to the first and second side discs at parallel disposed first sew lines; a front disc connected to the first and second side discs at parallel disposed second sew lines; a bottom disc connected to the first and second side discs at parallel disposed third sew lines; said parallel third sew lines perpendicular to the first and second sew lines; a top disc hingedly connected relative to the back disc and selectively securable relative to the front disc; a space defining an interior of the keeper in an in-use configuration; at least one gap located intermediate the top disc and at least one of the first and second sew lines toward a top portion of at least one of the first and second side discs, said at least one gap communicating the interior of the keeper with an exterior of the keeper and providing an access for at least one yarn ball when located in the interior of the keeper in an in-use configuration to communicate at least one yarn strand through said at least one gap; and wherein the keeper has a storage configuration in which the side discs, front and back discs are folded inwardly while the top and bottom discs remain at least substantially parallel with the top and bottom discs closer to one another in the storage configuration than in the in-use configuration.