Patent ID: 7350678

Claim:
An embroidery preparation system comprising: a body panel fabricated of a generally rigid sheet with an interior and exterior surface and with a layer of coupling material on the exterior surface; a locator panel having a periphery with interior and exterior surfaces, the interior surface of the locator panel having a coupling material for separable coupling to the coupling material of the body panel, the exterior surface of the locator panel having upstanding pins; and an exterior ring and an interior ring, each ring having interior and exterior faces, the exterior ring being removably positioned on the locator panel with the exterior face of the exterior ring in contact with the pins of the locator panel, the interior ring being removably positioned within the exterior ring; and a retractor assembly including a flexible string and a housing secured to the interior surface of the body panel retaining the string, the string being positioned between a retracted orientation resiliently retained within the housing and an extended orientation outside of the housing whereby a user may move the string between the body panel and the locator panel for the separation of the locator panel from the body panel.