Patent ID: 7793603

Claim:
A thread stand for attachment to a predetermined mounting portion of a thread stand section of a sewing machine to hold a thread spool substantially upright thereon, said thread stand comprising: a rod member; and a connection member integrally including: a supporting section having a shape adapted to support a predetermined portion of a thread spool of a predetermined shape; a cylindrical portion for fixing said rod member to said connection member by allowing one end portion of said rod member to fittingly engage therewith; and a fitting portion fittingly engageable with the predetermined mounting portion of said thread stand section of the sewing machine, wherein said connection member and said rod member are attached together to the thread stand section of the sewing machine with said connection member attached to the mounting portion of the thread stand section via said fitting portion and said rod member inserted at the one end portion into or onto said cylindrical portion, wherein said supporting section has a shape adapted to support predetermined portions of thread spools of at least two types having different configurations, wherein said thread spools of at least two types are a thread spool of a predetermined first type and a thread spool of a predetermined second type, and a bottom of the thread spool of said first type has a diameter smaller than a bottom of the thread spool of said second type, and wherein said supporting section includes a first supporting concave portion formed around said cylindrical portion, a convex portion formed around said first supporting concave portion, and a second supporting concave portion formed around the convex portion, said first supporting concave portion having a size adapted to receive a lower end of the thread spool of said first type, said second supporting concave portion having a size adapted to receive a lower end of the thread spool of said second type.