JP6687936B2 - Knitting aid - Google Patents

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an auxiliary tool that can use a crochet even if the strength of fingers is weak.

Providing a substantially flat grip with a hollow in the middle, made of wood or synthetic resin, which is suitable for the use of double crochet, makes the double crochet easy to hold and easy to use, and can be used for a long time. A double crochet with reduced fatigue in use is known, as described in US Pat.
Patent Document 2 discloses a crochet with a grip that can prevent slipping of the hand during use and reduce tiredness and pain of the hand by making the proximal end portion of the crochet into a flat bar-shaped crochet with a grip. Are known as described in.

Patent Document 3 discloses a crochet in which an elastic tubular body is detachably fitted and held on a shaft portion to be grasped by a finger of a hand, and the crochet needle is easily grasped by a finger of the hand. Is known to
It is described in Patent Document 4 that the rotation of the hand when knitting can be reduced and stiff shoulders can be eliminated by providing a crochet at an angle to the left and right or inside and outside with respect to the portion to be held by the hand. As is known.
Further, in the knitting needle, the engaging concave corner portion is positioned on or outside the longitudinal extension line of the outer circumference of the needle bar body, and the line connecting the hook protrusion and the bending base point is the longitudinal direction of the outer circumference of the needle bar body. It is known, as described in Patent Document 5, that the fatigue of the fingers and the occurrence of the strength of thread winding are prevented by crossing the extension line within an angle of 30 °.

  Further, it is composed of a hook needle main body that can be fitted along the finger so that the tip hook portion protrudes from the fingertip, and a support that can be detachably attached to the finger attached to a part of the hook needle main body along the finger. A hook needle that can be knitted by a person who cannot freely move his / her fingertip or cannot apply force by using the hook needle characterized by the above is known as described in Patent Document 6.

Utility model registration No. 3114141 Special table 2013-522488 gazette JP, 10-131003, A Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 55-127793 Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 53-083767 JP 2001-248041 A

  An object of the present invention is to allow a person, such as a child, an elderly person, or an injured person, who does not apply sufficient force to fingers to knit as usual.

1. A grip portion that holds a crochet or knitting rod, in which a through hole or groove for accommodating a crochet or knitting rod is formed along the length direction, and
A yarn feed-out in which a hole through which a yarn passes is formed at the end opposite to the knitting assist portion when viewed from the opening or groove end of the through hole provided at the end of the knitting aid. A knitting aid having a section ,
The grip portion is provided with a band storage port that is connected to the through hole or the groove,
The knitting assisting tool, wherein the yarn feeding portion has a shape curved in a direction parallel to the depth direction of the band storage opening .
A crochet needle or a knitting rod in which a crochet needle or a knitting rod is housed and fixed in the through hole or groove of the knitting assist tool according to 2.1.
3. The crochet or knitting rod according to 2, wherein an end portion having a tubular portion of the band is stored in a band storage opening of the knitting aid, and the crochet or knitting rod can be passed through the tubular portion of the band. A crochet or knitting rod in which a crochet or knitting rod is fixed in the through hole or groove of a knitting aid, and the entire part of the band is fixed by winding an unstored portion of the band around a finger.

According to the present invention, by integrating a crochet or knitting rod of any size with an auxiliary tool, the crochet or knitting rod can be reliably held by the dominant hand, and children, the elderly, or injured, Even if the movement of the fingers is inconvenient, the knitting can be performed more smoothly.
In addition, since a protrusion can be formed on the auxiliary tool and the yarn can be temporarily locked to the protrusion during use, the yarn can be fixed with a fingertip in order to temporarily fix the yarn when knitting. Since it is not necessary to press the crochet needle or the knitting rod, the force necessary for pressing can be eliminated, and the fatigue of the fingers can be relieved.
In addition, when the yarn is unwound from the non-dominant hand, the yarn can be reliably unwound toward the crochet needle or the knitting rod held by the dominant hand even if the fingers do not move freely. Therefore, according to the present invention, the assisting device can be used only for the dominant hand, only the non-dominant hand, or both hands. Further, in each of the usage patterns, the knitting can be performed more easily and without exerting a heavy burden on the fingers, or the crochet or the knitting rod can be held with a weaker force.
Therefore, there is an effect that even a weak person such as a child or an elderly person or a person who cannot move the fingers due to an old age or an injury can surely perform the knitting.

Front view of the auxiliary tool of the present invention The side view of the auxiliary tool of this invention Diagram when fixing a crochet to the auxiliary tool of the present invention Schematic diagram when using the auxiliary tool of the present invention Schematic diagram when using the auxiliary tool of the present invention with both hands The figure which shows another example of the auxiliary tool of this invention.

  The auxiliary tool of the present invention can be used when using a well-known crochet or knitting rod, and the thickness of the yarn is also used when knitting a yarn having a known thickness as a yarn for knitting. It is also suitable for children, the elderly, and injured persons who have weak finger strength when knitting.

The assisting tool of the present invention is basically formed of a grip portion for holding a crochet or a knitting rod and a yarn feeding portion.
The auxiliary tool may be made of any material as long as it is grasped by fingers such as synthetic resin, wood, bamboo or metal, holds a crochet needle or a knitting rod for knitting, and has a strength necessary for knitting. It is necessary to be able to easily grasp with fingers.
Therefore, the shape of the grip portion of the auxiliary tool is required to have any appropriate thickness, and the portion for holding the crochet or knitting rod is required to have the strength necessary for holding.

When knitting with a knitting rod, one knitting rod is usually held in both hands, and at this time, the knitting rod held by the assisting device of the present invention is held in both hands or one of the hands. You can proceed with knitting.
When the knitting rods are held in both hands, the woolen yarn feeding portion of the present invention is not used, but the movement of the fingers can be assisted by using the assisting tool, and the movement of the fingers is inconvenient. Even, knitting can proceed smoothly.

For example, when knitting is performed using a crochet needle, the crochet needle is usually held by the dominant hand, and knitting is performed while supplying the wool yarn from the other hand.
At this time, in holding the crochet needle by the dominant hand, the auxiliary tool of the present invention in which the crochet needle is housed and fixed can be used. As a result, even if the dominant hand is inconvenient, the crochet can be reliably held and knitting can be performed smoothly.
As means for accommodating a crochet needle in the auxiliary tool of the present invention and fixing the crochet needle to the auxiliary tool, a crochet needle is inserted into a through hole provided in the longitudinal direction of the auxiliary tool crochet or knitting rod fixing portion for fixing. By fixing the gap between the inner surface of the through hole and the outer circumference of the crochet needle with a resin spacer, adhesive, etc., or by inserting the crochet needle through the tubular part provided on the band in advance. It is possible to adopt a method in which the fingers are integrated with the assisting device and the crochet while the band is wound around the fingers.
Among these means, especially when using a crochet, an assistive device is provided by using a tubular portion provided on the spacer or band so that the orientation of the fingers and the orientation of the crochet of the crochet can be arbitrarily adjusted. It is preferable to detachably fix the crochet needle.

When supplying the yarn from the non-dominant hand, if the non-dominant hand is inconvenient to pay out the yarn, hold the assistive device of the present invention on the non-dominant hand and direct it toward the crochet needle on the dominant hand. Will supply the yarn.
The wool yarn feeding portion is a portion used when knitting using a crochet exclusively, and has a hole through which a wool yarn is passed at the tip thereof, and the auxiliary tool of the present invention is used for feeding the wool yarn. In some cases, hold the aid in the hand without the crochet or knitting rod, usually with the non-dominant hand, and feed the wool through the hole, and if the dominant hand is also unmovable, Knitting is carried out with the aid of the invention with a fixed crochet.

The auxiliary tool of the present invention and a method for knitting using the auxiliary tool will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a front view of an assisting tool of the present invention. The assisting tool is composed of a crochet or knitting rod fixing portion 1 and a yarn feeding portion 2. The boundary between the crochet or knitting rod fixing portion 1 and the woolen yarn feeding portion 2 is not strict and may be separated by an ambiguous boundary.
The crochet or knitting rod fixing part 1 is provided with a convex portion 3 and a band storing port 8. The band storing port 8 is provided inside the crochet or knitting rod fixing part 1 and penetrates in the longitudinal direction of the crochet or knitting rod fixing part 1. It is connected to the hole 4 provided in. In FIG. 1, a crochet or knitting rod is passed through a through hole provided in the hole, and is fixed by a band or the like stored from the band storing port 8 to store and fix the crochet or knitting rod in the auxiliary tool of the present invention. Can be made.
When knitting using an auxiliary tool, the convex portion 3 makes it easier for the wool yarn to follow a crochet or a knitting rod by, for example, letting the wool yarn hook on the convex portion 3 and unwinding. As a result, the yarn can be reliably and easily paid out toward the tip of the crochet or the knitting rod.
The outer diameter and length of the crochet or knitting rod fixing portion 1 and the length of the wool yarn feeding portion 2 can be changed according to the size and preference of the hand.

A hole 2a is provided at the end of the yarn feeding portion 2. When using the yarn feeding portion 2 and the hole 2a, the auxiliary tool of the present invention is not fixed with a crochet or a knitting rod, and only the auxiliary tool is held by the non-dominant hand, and at the same time, the crochet or the knitting rod is provided in the dominant hand as necessary. It is time to carry out knitting while holding the auxiliary tool of the present invention while using it. Therefore, the hole 2a is a hole having an inner diameter that allows the yarn to pass therethrough, and is preferably an inner diameter sufficiently larger than the outer diameter of the yarn in consideration of the ease of passing the yarn.
It should be noted that, in order to make it easier to pass the yarn through the hole 2a as necessary and to easily remove the yarn when the yarn is entangled, for example, a position as shown in any of S1 to S3, or one of S1 to S3 A slit can be provided near the position shown in. The slit needs to have a width of about 1 to 4 mm through which the yarn passes. Among S1 to S3, it is desirable to provide a slit at a position where the yarn does not come off accidentally, or at S1 or S3.

As can be seen from FIG. 1, the yarn feeding portion 2 is formed by being slightly bent with respect to the crochet or knitting rod fixing portion 1. Therefore, in FIG. 1, the hole 2a is not formed on the extension line of the line connecting the convex portion 3 and the hole 4, and the yarn feeding portion 2 has a shape bent downward in FIG.
This is because when the crochet or knitting rod is fixed to the knitting aid of the present invention and the knitting is carried out with the dominant hand, the yarn feeding section 2 is located just near the wrist and is brought into contact with the wrist. This can contribute to stable fixation of the crochet or knitting rod by the user's fingers, palm, and wrist.
Of course, the hole 2a may be formed on the extension line of the line connecting the convex portion 3 and the hole 4 depending on the handedness and usability, and in FIG. 1, the yarn feeding portion 2 is bent upward rather than downward. It may have a shape.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the assisting tool of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the woolen yarn feeding portion 2 has a curved shape.
This curved shape is formed so that when the assisting tool of the present invention is held by the dominant hand, it can abut along the wrist of the dominant hand. In addition, when holding the non-dominant hand and feeding and feeding the yarn to the crochet or knitting rod, a curved shape is provided so that the yarn can be fed more naturally toward the tip of the crochet or knitting rod. is there.

Although not shown in FIG. 2, the hole 4 shown in FIG. 2 is a part of a hole that is provided inside the crochet or knitting rod fixing portion 1 along its length, and the opening thereof is It is a department.
When fixing the crochet needle or the knitting rod to the auxiliary tool of the present invention, the crochet needle or the knitting rod is accommodated in the hole 4 provided therethrough, and is fixed by the band or the fixing tool described later.
Therefore, the hole 4 is required to have a diameter sufficiently larger than the diameter of the crochet or knitting rod to be fixed.

  Further, the convex portion 3 shown in FIG. 2 does not have to have a shape or size with a bulged tip as shown in FIG. 2, and may be a cylindrical convex portion. It suffices to be able to hang a yarn and knit.

In FIG. 3, the crochet needle 5 is accommodated in the hole 4 of the auxiliary tool of the present invention, and further, the crochet needle 5 is passed through the tubular portion at the end of the band 7 accommodated in the band accommodating port 8 so that the band 7 and the crochet needle 5 It is a figure which shows the time when the crochet needle 5 and an auxiliary tool were unified by integrating.
The tube portion at the end of the band 7 is first stored in the band storage port 8, and the crochet needle is further stored in the hole 4 while being passed through the tube portion at the end of the band 7 at the same time. Turn into At this time, in consideration of workability at the time of knitting or in order to reflect the preference of the user, the direction of the crochet hook may not be as shown in the drawing, but may be directed toward the front side or the back side in FIG. As a result, when the crochet is held via the assisting tool, the subtle direction of the crochet can be made more preferable.
If necessary, the fixture SP can also be used. The fixture SP can be filled in the gap between the inner circumference of the hole 4 and the outer circumference of the crochet needle 5 from the opening of the hole 4 to fill the gap like a wedge. As a result, the crochet needle 5 can be securely fixed to the hole 4.
Such a fixture SP can be provided over the entire outer circumference of the crochet needle 5, or can be provided only on a part of the outer circumference of the crochet needle 5.
The shape of the fixing portion 4 may be a tubular shape having a cylindrical or conical outer diameter, a rectangular parallelepiped shape, or a high pyramidal shape.

FIG. 4 shows a state in which a crochet needle is integrated with the auxiliary tool of the present invention and further fixed to a hand. In this state, the direction of the crochet of the crochet is appropriate for the user, and the crochet can be fixed to the hand without exerting any special force on the hand.
The band 7 is integrated with the auxiliary tool in FIG. 3, and is wound around the finger together with the auxiliary tool, and is fixed by the Velcro fastener 6 shown in FIG. 3 although not shown.
As long as the band can be fixed in this manner, the band can be made of any material such as thickness and width. Above all, it is preferable that the band has elasticity so that the assisting tool can be more firmly fixed to the finger.
Further, instead of the Velcro fastener 6, a member necessary for fixing the band, for example, a button, a buckle, a magnet, a hook or the like may be adopted. Since the user may have inconvenient movement of fingers, even with such inconvenient fingers, it is easy to attach or detach the assisting tool to or from the fingers. preferable.
From the state shown in FIG. 4, when the knitting is finished and the crochet is removed from the finger, the Velcro fastener 6 is peeled off, and the band wound around the finger is removed by a simple operation so that the finger can be used as an auxiliary tool. The integrated crochet can be removed. Depending on the case, once the crochet is integrated with the assisting tool in the state shown in FIG. 3, once stored, the band can be rewound on the next day and fixed by the Velcro fastener to restart the knitting. Is.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a state in which knitting is performed. The right hand has a crochet needle 5 fixed by the auxiliary tool of the present invention, and the left hand has the auxiliary tool of the present invention and the wool thread passed through the hole 2a of the yarn feeding section in order. It is a figure at the time of knitting while unwinding. By using the hole 2a of the yarn feeding portion, it is easy to hook the yarn on the right hand side crochet needle, and from the direction where it is easy to advance the knitting yarn at an appropriate angle so that the tip of the crochet needle does not become a blind spot. Can be supplied.
Although the crochet needle 5 is also attached to the auxiliary tool held in the left hand, the crochet needle 5 is not always necessary if only the woolen yarn feeding portion 2a is used.
When the fingers of both hands are inconvenient, knitting can be performed with the aid of the present invention in both hands as shown in FIG. 5, but when the fingers of one hand are inconvenient, the inconvenience is caused. Only the side hand can use the aid of the present invention.
Since the motion of drawing out the yarn using the fingertip requires a fine movement of the fingertip and a certain amount of force of the fingertip accompanying it, it becomes difficult to smoothly draw out the yarn if the finger is inconvenient.
Therefore, it is possible to advance the knitting, particularly by using the assisting tool of the present invention to pay out the wool yarn by using the wool yarn paying-out portion 2.
In addition, by pressing the convex portion 3 with a thumb, for example, while the yarn is hooked on the convex portion 3, an operation of pressing the yarn on the crochet or knitting rod with a weaker force than in the case without the convex portion 3 is performed. Will be possible. In particular, even when the thumb, middle finger, and little finger are difficult to bend, it is possible to fix the crochet to the hand and knit the woolen yarn.

FIG. 6 is another example of the auxiliary tool of the present invention.
In FIG. 3, instead of providing the hole 4 penetrating the crochet or knitting rod fixing portion, the hole 4 is formed in the shape of the groove 9. By providing the groove 9, the operation of passing the crochet or knitting rod through the hole 4 is not required, and instead of inserting the crochet or knitting rod into the groove 9, the crochet or knitting rod fixing portion can be housed in the groove 9. In addition, it is not necessary to perform the step of penetrating the crochet or knitting rod into the tubular portion of the end portion of the band 7 in the hole 4, and separately from the auxiliary tool, the band in which the tubular portion is formed at the crochet or knitting rod and the end portion It is possible to store the crochet needle or the knitting rod in the tubular portion more easily. Then, by putting the band in the band storage opening, preparation for fixing to the finger is easily completed.

The size of the groove 9 at this time is preferably large in consideration of the insertion of a crochet or knitting rod, and the inner wall of the groove 9 forming the groove 9 is a crochet or knitting rod in which the groove 9 is formed. Although it may be formed vertically to the surface of the fixed portion, considering the workability when accommodating the crochet or knitting rod again, it is preferable that the shape of the groove opening on the surface of the crochet or knitting rod fixing portion is wider. .
At this time, if the size of the band storage port is sufficiently larger than the cross section of the band, the operation of storing the band in the band storage port can be made smoother.

1 ... Crochet or knitting rod fixing part 2 ... Wool yarn feeding part 2a ... Hole 3 ... Convex part 4 ... Hole 5 ... Crochet 6 ... Velcro fastener 7 ... Band 8 ...・ Band storage slot 9 ・ ・ ・ Groove

Claims (3)

A grip portion that holds a crochet or knitting rod, in which a through hole or groove for accommodating a crochet or knitting rod is formed along the length direction, and
A yarn feed-out in which a hole through which a yarn passes is formed at the end opposite to the knitting assist portion when viewed from the opening or groove end of the through hole provided at the end of the knitting aid. A knitting aid having a section ,
The grip portion is provided with a band storage port that is connected to the through hole or the groove,
The knitting assisting tool, wherein the yarn feeding portion has a shape curved in a direction parallel to the depth direction of the band storage opening .   A crochet needle or a knitting rod in which a crochet needle or a knitting rod is housed and fixed in the through hole or groove of the knitting assist tool according to claim 1. The crochet or knitting rod according to claim 2, wherein an end portion having a tubular portion of the band is stored in a band storage opening of the knitting assisting tool, and the crochet or knitting rod is passed through the tubular portion of the band. Thus, the crochet or knitting rod is fixed to the through hole or groove of the knitting aid, and the whole part is fixed by winding the unstored portion of the band around the finger.

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