Embroidery holders such as lap and floor holders with clamps therefor

Claim 1

A CLOTH HOLDER COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A BASE, A FIRST MEMBER, MEANS TO RIGIDLY ATTACH SAID FIRST MEMBER TO SAID BASE, WITH SAID FIRST MEMBER EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BASE, A SECOND MEMBER HAVING A VERTICAL ADJUSTABLE CONNECTION WITH SAID FIRST MEMBER, MEANS TO RETAIN SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS IN VERTICALLY ADJUSTED POSITION, A THIRD MEMBER, MEANS TO CONNECT SAID THIRD MEMBER TO SAID SECOND MEMBER FOR ROTARY ADJUSTMENT ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS, INCLUDING MEANS TO ADJUST THE FRICTION BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND THIRD MEMBERS TO RETARD SUCH ADJUSTMENT, AN INNER RING, MEANS TO ATTACH SAID INNER RING TO SAID THIRD MEMBER, SAID THIRD MEMBER CONSTITUTING THE ONLY MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID INNER RING. COOPERATING MEANS ON SAID INNER RING AND THIRD MEMBER TO PREVENT ROTATION OF SAID INNER RING RELATIVE TO AN AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID THIRD MEMBER, AN OUTER SPLIT RING FITTED ON SAID INNER RING, AND SCREW THREADED MEANS INTERCONNECTING THE SPLIT ENDS OF SAID OUTER RING, TO TIGHTEN SAID OUTER RING ON SAID INNER RING.