US1502584A - Attachment for knitting or crochet needles - Google Patents

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July 22 {1924; 1,502,584

. H. O. PERRY ATTACHMENT FOR KNITTING OR CROCHET NEEDLES Filed July 10. 1923 Patented July 22, 1924.

TED STATES HANNAH O. PERRY, OF DARIEN CENTER, NEW YORK.

ATTACHMENT FOR KNITTING OR CRO'CI-IET NEEDLES.

Application filed July 10, 1923. -Seria1No.'650,677.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HANNAH O. PERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Darien Center, in the county of Genesee and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Knitting or Crochet Needles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a holder for crochet needles and other needles used for an analogous purpose, and the-primary object of the invention is to provide a simple attachment which will hold its adjustment by frictional engagement with the body of the needle to keep the hook in proper position for easy and rapid working.

The improved attachment consists of a strip of material of suitable length with openings therethrough at regular intervals through which the needle is passed, the attachment being positively held in its adjusted position as may be desired by the frictional engagement of the walls of the openings with the body of the needle. The attachment is adapted to be applied to-a needle body of equal diameter throughout or of any other cross sectional contour and may be used with either single or double pointed needles and can be moved into any position to suit any size of hand. The material used in the formation of the attachment will be such as to stiffen the body portions of long fine needles, and being of a narrow and comparatively long construction, it is not cumbersome and does not retard the work by its use. WVhen it is desired to have the body of the needle clear of any attachment, the improved device may be readily removed.

Vith these and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the attachment which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

Inthe drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a double crochet needle, showing the improved attachment applied thereto and the manner of grasping the same;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the improved attachment in the position it occupies when applied to a needle, the latter being partially illustrated in dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the improved attachment in the position it assumes when applied; and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the improved attachment in its normal condition.

The improved attachment consists of a comparatively narrow strip 5 of flexible material of any character adapted for the purpose, but practice has demonstrated that leather is preferable. The strip 5 is finished with rounded ends 6 and at regular intervals throughout the length thereof and in the center are a plurality of openings 7 which are in longitudinal alinement.

In applying the improved attachment the hook end of the needle 8 is inserted through the first opening 7 at either end of the strip and successively pushed through the series of openings and the strip drawn up over the body 9 of the needle in the position desired by the user or knitter. To permit the needle to be inserted through the openings, it is necessary that the strip be bent so as to bring the openings in position for penetration, and in bending the strip of material, the walls of the openings are alternately disposed in reverse angles relatively to the needle, as clearly shown by Fig. 2, and it is also required that the strip be bent or shaped in corrugated form so that the corrugated portions 10 will be located at opposite sides of the needle with both extremities 11 on the same side. By thus shaping the strip the walls of the openings 7 will set up a firm frictional grip on the body 9 of the needle 8, owing to the reverse angular positions of the walls of said openings, and as a consequence, the improved attachment will be positively held in its adjusted position and in the shape desired to serve as a gripping guide for the user of the needle in order to maintain the hook 12 in proper position. When the needle having the attachment thereon is grasped by the user, the forefinger and thumb of the hand will occupy the positions shown by Fig. 1, or, the finger and thumb may be applied at a point in rear of that shown by Fig. 1, but in all methods of grasping the needle with the improved attachment thereon, the finger and thumb will bear upon opposite portions of the needle in the open spaces between the walls of the corrugations or fiutings and the adjacent fingers may touch or lightly bear upon the edge of the strip within the hand, to assist in maintaining the needle and particularly the hook 12 in the position best adapted for effecting cro chet and knitting operations. At any time desired the improved attachment may be shifted lengthwise on the body of the needle, or, if it is required to use a needle for carrying a line of stitches, the improved attachment may be readily removed.

As hereinbefore noted, the attachment when applied to a needle and particularly a long fine needle will reinforce the body of the latter, and in all uses of the device the needle is prevented from slipping or rolling in the hand of the user.

In view of the simplicity of the improved attachment, it can be easily manufactured and sold at a small cost price, and it will be understood that the general proportions and dimensions thereof may be varied at will to adapt the same for use on needles of different sizes with the same degree of efficiency.

What is claimed as new is:

1. An attachment for knitting and crocnet needles, consisting of a strip of flexible material with openings therethrough in positions for successive insertion of a needle extremity to effect a removable and frictional engagement with the body of the needle, the strip being caused to assume a regularly corrugated form on the needle body to provide for holding the knitting extremity of the needle in working position.

'2. An attachment for knitting and crochet needles, consisting of a strip of flexible material with a plurality of regularly spaced openings disposed in longitudinal alinement for successive engagement with a needle extremity and body when the strip is bent in reverse directions to bring the openings in insertible alinement.

3. An attachment for knitting and cro chet needles, consisting of a strip of flexible material having openings therein to receive the needle and assuming a corrugated form when applied to the needle to provide alternate open andv projected portions of the strip at opposite sides of the needle body.

4:. An attachment for knitting and crochet needles, consisting of an elongated comparatively narrow strip of flexible material with a plurality of corrugations and spaced openings formed in parts of the corrugations and in longitudinal alinement to receive means for maintaining the corrugations in regular form.

5. An attachment for knitting and crochet needles, consisting of an elongated comparatively narrow strip of flexible material having a plurality of openings extending lengthwise thereof and adapted to be disposed in alinement by bending the strip at intervals throughout its length.

6. An attachment for knitting and crochet needles, consisting of an elongated comparatively narrow strip of leather of suitable thickness with successive corrugations of similar dimensions provided with a plurality of openings disposed in longitudinal alinement through opposite portions of the corrugations.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HANNAH O. PERRY.

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