Patent ID: 7070050

Claim:
A tool holder for holding elongated knitting tools, comprising: a transport rail extending longitudinally, the transport rail including a back portion; a plurality of first clamping legs extending at an angle from longitudinally extending edges of the back portion and being adapted to hold together at least two parts of each of the knitting tools; and a plurality of slots disposed along each of the clamping legs, the slots being adapted to transversely receive the knitting tools and being further adapted to retain the knitting tools by frictional engagement; and a closure part having a plurality of second clamping legs adapted to abut the first clamping legs of the transport rail, wherein the first clamping legs of the transport rail include first end portions having an outer spacing from one another, and the second clamping legs of the closure part include second end portions having an inner spacing from one another, the inner spacing of the second clamping legs of the closure part being less than the outer spacing of the first clamping legs of the transport rail.