US1355298A - Tatting-thimble - Google Patents

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UNITED VSTATES LAURA L. EAUMAN, or EUGENE, OREGON.

l TATTING-THIMELE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led December 18, 1918. Serial No. 267,331.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, LAURA L. BAUMAN, ar citizen of the United States, residing at Eugene, in the county of Lane, State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Tatting-Thimble; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to thimbles and has for its object to provide a hook on a thimble, to be used whilev tatting, whereby threads may be connected, loops or rings joined, by means of the hook carried by the thimble to draw the left hand thread through the picot of a preceding ring or bight of the work.

A` further object of the invention is to provide a finger carried hook or pick for picking out the broken ends of the thread while tatting, thereby avoiding the constant picking up of a common pin, the head of which is at present used and the consequent putting down of the tatting shuttle.

A further object is to provide a thimble for use while tatting, said thimble being provided with a'hook on its side, the hooked end of said hook extending slightly beyond the end of the thimble, also to so position the hook that it will while on the finger extend inwardly toward the palm of the users hand.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of Aparts as hereinafter shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings:

.Figure 1 is a perspective View of the thimble and hook upon one of the fingers of the user.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the same in position for use.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the thimble.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified form of thimble and hook, showing the same in position for use. Y

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of another form of the invention, showing the hook located on the side of the thimble as in the other forms, but showing the hooked end extending inwardly toward the palm of the hand.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a conventional form of thimble which may be of any size, preferably of the sizes as at present on the market. Secured as at 2 to one side of the thimble by brazing, welding or in any other suitable manner is the arm 3 of the hook or pick 4, said arm projecting above the upper surface of the thimble. This hook or pick is adapted to unweave the stitching of the thread, after the thread has broken until enough of the thread is unwoven for the end of the same to be tied to the other portion of the thread leading to the tatting needle. The unweaving operation is accomplished by passing the hook 4 between the weaving and catching up the broken end and pulling the same out, this operation being continued until enough of the end is unwoven for the same to be easily tied to the other broken end, which leads to the tatting shuttle.

From the above it will be noted that by the use of the finger carried hook, that the necessity of having a pin for picking out the broken end from the tatting is eliminated. It will also be obvious that where the pin is mounted upon a member carried by the iin er that it will not be necessary to, first lay t e tatting shuttle down and then hunt for the pin that is commonly used. On the contrary with the hook carried by the linger at all times, it will not be necessary to put the tatting shuttle down at all as the same may remain in the hand and the hook will always be in a position where it can bel quickly, easily and advantageously used.

Referring to Fig. 4, the arm 3 of the hook 5 is bent at right angle to the longitudinal axis ofthe thimble, said arm being bent as at 6. In this form some users find it easier to use the hook.

In Fig. 5 it will be seen that the hook la is turned inwardly toward the palm of the hand. In this form the hook while in use is substantially in alinement with thefside edge of the fin er nail, the location of the hook and posi ion and direction of the hooked end is important, for the thimble finger is used considerably in handling the Patented oet. 12, 1920.

tattingV shuttle and rwearing the. tatting thimble in this position it does not interfere with the tatting operation in the least.

The invention havinglbeen set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is z- Y A tatting hook comprising a body mem. ber adapted to engage the finger, a hooked member carried by said body member and located on the side thereof whereby threads may be picked out ofwoven material during a weaving or tatting operation, said hooked member being so disposed'in relation tothe Y J. M. C. F. BAUMAN.

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