US1534001A - Stitch and needle guard - Google Patents

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M. E. BLACKMAN STITCH AND NEEDLE GUARD Filed Feb. 7, 1923 ME-filaaiman Patented Apr. l4 1925,

MARY E. BLACKMAN, OIE CHENEY, WASHINGTON.

STITCH AND NEEDLE GUARD.

Application filed February 7, 1923. Serial No. 617,559.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that MARY E. BLACKMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cheney, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stitch and Needle Guards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved crochet needle and has for its primary object to provide a crochet needle that is pro vided with a guard to prevent the crochet from unraveling when the article being worked upon is temporarily laid aside.

A further object of my invention is to provide a crochet needle with a guard on one end so that upon completion of the last stitch before temporarily laying the article aside the stitch is slipped over the shank of the needle and brought into engagement with the guard, which prevents the needle from being lost.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a crochet needle of the above stated character, which is simple in construction, efiicient for the purpose intended, and one that can be manufactured and placed on the market at a relatively low cost.

These and like objects of my invention will be better understood as the description proceeds and as is specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of same.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of same.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section of one end of the needle showing the guard formed on same, and

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail fragmentary section of a slightly modified form of guard.

Referring to the drawings in detail, like numerals will be used to designate like parts in the different views.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a shank, which is provided intermediate its ends with a flat portion 2 for the purpose of enabling the operator to use the needle to better advantage, while one end of the needle is provided with a hook 3. The opposite end of the needle is formed with a loop 4:, having a ball 5 formed on the end of same, which is adapted to be normally held in engagement with a fiat portion 6 of the shank adjacent the point where same bends to form the loop 4:.

hen the operator of the'needle decides to lay the work on which she is" engaged aside, the last stitch made is passed over the shank 1 and under the ball '5, thus bringing the stitch into the loop 4: which not only prevents the thread frombeing unraveled, but also prevents the loss of the needle from the article being worked upon.

In Fig.4, I have shown a slightly modified form, wherein the loop 4 has the extreme end 7 bent upwardly. The upwardly turned portion 7, as bent at 8, provides a guard for engagement with the flat portion 6, to prevent the threads from becoming disengaged from the loop 4:.

From the foregoing description of my invention, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it can be readily seen that I have provided an improved crochet needle, that not only answers a two-fold purpose, but is one that is simple in construction, eflicient for the purpose intended, and one that fills a long desired want in this particular line. 7

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, I realize that various minor changes may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed, therefore,

I do not wish to limit myself to the exact details of construction shown, nor to the combination and arrangement of parts.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is V 1. In a crochet needle, comprising a shank having a fiat portion formed at one end, a

spring loop formed integral with the extreme end of the flat portion and having the free end of the loop in engagement with the flat portion to prevent disengagement of the hook from a stitch positioned in an eye formed by the loop. 7

2. In a crochet needle, a shank having a hook formed at one end thereof, an intermediate portion of said shank being flattened in a plane at right angles to the plane of the aforesaid hook, the end of said shank opposite that having the hook thereon being flattened and slightly inclined at an angle to the plane of the aforesaid flattened portion, the portion of the shank continuing tron-i said inclined flattened end being reduced in diameter and looped into a spring 10 hook the extreme free end of said hook hav ing a ball formed integral therewith and in normal spring engagement with the ad acent flat inclined portion, as and for the purposes MARY E. BLAOKMAN.

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