Try this: http://jsfiddle.net/C9EbG/6/
You can see the changes here:
$("input.save").click(function () {
$('#numbers tbody tr').each(function(i,v){
var ele = $(v);
var adjName = $('input[name=adjName]',ele).val();
updateParent2(adjName);
});
});
//////////////////////////////
function updateParent2(adjName){
var ul = $('ul.adjTabs');
var li = ul.find('li:first').clone();
li.children('a').text(adjName);
li.find('li:first input');
li.appendTo(ul)//.val(adjName);
}