Patent ID: 6957618

Claim:
In a serger-style sewing maching, means for holding ( 10 ) a thread-spool ( 36 ) on an upstanding spool support spindle ( 33 ) of said serger-style sewing machine, said thread-spool ( 36 ) having a hollow core ( 38 ) with an inner surface ( 38 a ) and an outer surface ( 38 b ) with a thread ( 35 ) wound on said outer surface ( 38 b ), said means for holding ( 10 ) comprising: an outer member ( 43 ) having an internal surface ( 10 i ), an external surface ( 10 e ), a top end ( 10 t ) and a bottom end ( 10 b ), said outer member ( 43 ) configured to allow said external surface ( 10 e ) to mate with said hollow core ( 38 ), an inner cylindrical hub ( 39 ) having a hub wall ( 39 a ) and a central longitudinal axis ( 42 ), said hub wall ( 39 a ) having an interior surface ( 41 a ) and an exterior surface ( 41 b ) and defining a central bore ( 41 ) extending through said hub ( 39 ) along longitudinal axis ( 42 ), a plurality of partition walls ( 45 ) axially extending between said top end ( 10 t ) and said bottom end ( 10 b ), which partition walls ( 45 ) communicate between said hub exterior surface ( 41 b ) and said outer member inner surface ( 10 i ) to generally define a spoke pattern, said spoke pattern coupling said outer member ( 43 ) to said inner hub ( 39 ); said central bore ( 41 ) extending between said top end ( 10 t ) and said bottom end ( 10 b ), said thread-spool core ( 38 ) mated with said means for holding ( 10 ) to engage said hollow core ( 38 ); said central bore ( 41 ) matable with said spindle ( 33 ) and operable to maintain said means for holding ( 10 ) and said engaged core ( 38 ) at a generally nonrotating and stationary position on said spindle ( 33 ) during operation of said serger-style sewing machine and unraveling of said thread ( 35 ) from said core ( 38 ).