US 12,319,481 B2
Yarn storage system
Antonisha Busby, Wilmington, DE (US)
Assigned to YARNDLES, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by YARNDLES, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on May 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/312,762.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/339,073, filed on May 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356898 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 51/18 (2006.01); B65D 43/02 (2006.01); B65D 51/24 (2006.01); B65D 53/02 (2006.01); B65D 85/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 51/18 (2013.01) [B65D 43/0202 (2013.01); B65D 51/245 (2013.01); B65D 53/02 (2013.01); B65D 85/04 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00092 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A yarn storage system, comprising:
a container including an interior configured to receive yarn;
a lid removably coupled to the container;
a scent diffusion assembly positioned within the container, the scent diffusion assembly including a scent source configured to diffuse a scent from the scent source to the yarn positioned within the container; and
an inner cover movably disposed within the interior of the container and configured to be positioned over the yarn;
wherein as yarn is pulled out of the container and a size of the yarn within the interior of the container is reduced, the inner cover is configured to gradually move downward within the interior of the container.
 
18. A method of yarn storage, comprising:
positioning yarn within an interior of a container of a yarn storage system, the yarn storage system including a lid and a scent diffusion assembly with a scent source;
positioning an inner cover within the interior of the container and over the yarn;
pulling yarn out of the container to reduce a size of the yarn within the interior of the container, wherein as the size of the yarn within the container is reduced, the inner cover gradually moves downward within the interior of the container;
removably coupling the lid to the container; and
diffusing a scent from the scent source of the scent diffusion assembly to the yarn positioned within the container.