| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 206380000 | Needle type (e.g., sewing, knitting and including pins, toothpicks) | 8 |
| 20080289985 | Pin tip covering device - A device includes an outer body and an inner region defined by the outer body. The inner region may have a first end having an opening therein and a second end. The inner region may comprise a first portion and a second portion, the first portion positioned adjacent to the first end, the second portion positioned adjacent to the first portion and the second end. The first portion may be shaped to define a pin receiving portion for receiving the tip of a pin. The first portion may be comprised of a first material having a first density, while the second portion may be comprised of a second material having a second density. The first portion may contain a non-linear inner surface bounding the pin receiving portion. The inner surface may contain one or more protrusions extending therefrom, on one or both sides. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090288975 | Felting needle package - A felting needle package ( | 11-26-2009 |
| 20120222978 | NEEDLE HOLDER - Disclosed is a holder for holding a set of knitting needles with a main body having first and second end portions. Each end portion has a corresponding aperture, and each aperture is sized to hold one knitting needle of the set of knitting needles. The holder can hold circular knitting needles connected by a flexible cord, for example. Slots may be provided to receive a portion of the flexible cord therein to reduce and/or prevent the cord from twisting and/or tangling during storage or transportation. The body may also have gauge for measuring a size of the knitting needles. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20130020218 | Holder for Concealed Tooth Cleaning Implement - The present invention is a disguised holder or case that appears to be a lipstick application dispenser but has there within a dental scaler concealed in a faux lipstick tube. The device is designed to fool an observer into believing that the user is applying lipstick rather than picking at or removing food between teeth and therefore can be used by a person in public places. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20140090997 | NEEDLE ASSEMBLY STORAGE DEVICE - Described is a needle assembly storage device comprising of a case having an opening, an array of needle assembly storage compartments disposed in the case, a transport mechanism coupled to a plurality of the needle assembly storage compartments, and a handle coupled to the case. When the handle is moved from a first position to a second position, the transport mechanism moves the plurality of the needle assembly storage compartments within the case to align a given one of the needle assembly storage compartments with the opening. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140202904 | Needle Case for Beading Needles - A case for beading needles comprising a thermoplastic container is provided with a hinged lid. The case has a tray portion filled with penetrable needle retention medium into which needles may be inserted as desired and spaced widely. The tray portion comprises a thermoplastic housing section divided into two sections: a needle retention section and an open needle grasping section disposed above the needle retention section. The needle retention section has a width of at least about 1.25 inches. The housing section comprises a backing plate and has a transparent cover section removably hinged to the housing section. The cover section can be either pivoted rearwardly to form a stand, allowing the housing section to be maintained upright on a flat surface, or completely removed and reversed, allowing the upper portion of the backing plate to bear against a front wall of the cover. | 07-24-2014 |
| 206382000 | Carried in aperture of, or pierced through, retainer | 2 |
| 206383000 | Plane of retainer normal to extent of "needles" | 2 |
| 20110297569 | PORTABLE HANGING KNITTING NEEDLE AND ACCESSORY HOLDER - A storage device may be portable and may be configured to be hung on a wall or a door, for example. The storage device may include a plurality of pockets made of a transparent or translucent material through which a user may see the items stored in the pockets. The pockets may be formed in various sizes suitable for holding knitting needles and accessories. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20150122683 | SEWING NEEDLE ORGANIZER AND USAGE TRACKER - A sewing needle organizer and usage tracker book may include a cover and multiple pages, each of the multiple pages having a pocket and made of a material (such as fabric) adapted for receipt and storage of a sewing needle. Cards may be provided for insertion into the multiple pockets (or the pockets themselves may act as cards) with which to track time periods of usage of each respective needle, which time periods may accrue cumulatively to a total useful life of the needle. A user may track the needle usage over time on a card, and discard the needle upon reaching the end of its useful life. | 05-07-2015 |
