Patent ID: 7891063

Claim:
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; a pair of crank and idler support members pivotally connected to said base within respective of said crank and idler support member recesses each 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 crank and idler winding arms each having a central area rotatably connectable to respective of said support members while in said operating positions to rotate about a horizontal axis; a pair of elongated winding rods disposable in at least one spaced relationship equidistant from and at opposite sides of said axis to interconnect said winding arms and form a removable winding unit; a hand crank adapted for coaxially hand-driving said crank winding arm; and 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.