Embroidery workpiece holding device
OwnerChelsea Nelson, Brandon Nelsoninventors
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Abstract
An improved embroidery hoop is provided. The hoop includes a closed outer loop having a receiving groove in an inner perimeter surface. The receiving groove cooperates with and receives a retaining loop according to a predetermined fit appropriate for holding a fabric workpiece. The outer loop is rigid while the inner retaining loop is sufficiently flexible to be fitted by hand in the receiving groove. The embroidery hoop may optionally include a pull tab for assisting a user in removing the retaining loop from the receiving groove. Moreover, the outer perimeter of the outer loop has a geometry that is arbitrary and independent of the geometry of the receiving groove and retaining loop. Accordingly, the outer loop may comprise fanciful designs.
Claims20
An embroidery hoop, comprising:
- an outer loop defining a closed loop having an inner perimeter surface and an outer perimeter surface, and having a front face and a rear face, wherein the outer loop is rigid;
- a receiving groove defined by a closed-loop recess in the inner perimeter surface, the receiving groove having a cross-sectional shape of predetermined depth and width;
- an inner retaining loop dimensioned to mate with the receiving groove of the outer loop in a predetermined fit, wherein the retaining loop is substantially rigid about a longitudinal axis, and elastically flexible transverse to the longitudinal axis;
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- a pull tab in tensile communication with the inner retaining loop transverse to the longitudinal axis of the inner retainer loop.
An embroidery hoop, comprising:
- a outer loop defining a closed loop having an inner perimeter surface and an outer perimeter surface, and having a front face and a rear face, wherein the outer loop is rigid;
- a receiving groove defined by a closed-loop recess in the inner perimeter surface, the receiving groove having a cross-sectional shape of predetermined depth and width;
- an inner retaining loop dimensioned to mate with the receiving groove of the outer loop in a predetermined fit, wherein the retaining loop is substantially rigid about a longitudinal axis, and elastically flexible transverse to the longitudinal axis;
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- a pull tab in tensile communication with the inner retaining loop transverse to the longitudinal axis of the inner retainer loop, wherein the pull tab comprises a tab portion and a loop portion, the loop portion being dimensioned to receive a section of the retaining loop, and wherein the retaining loop includes a narrowed section defining a seat receivably co-operable with the loop portion of the pull tab and dimensioned to compensate for a thickness of the loop portion of the pull tab.
An embroidery hoop, comprising:
- an outer loop defining a closed loop having an inner perimeter surface and an outer perimeter surface, and having a front face and a rear face, wherein the outer loop is rigid;
- a receiving groove defined by a closed-loop recess in the inner perimeter surface, the receiving groove having a cross-sectional shape of predetermined depth and width;
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- an inner retaining loop dimensioned to mate with the receiving groove of the outer loop in a predetermined fit, wherein the retaining loop is substantially rigid about a longitudinal axis, and elastically flexible transverse to the longitudinal axis, and wherein the retaining loop includes a first end and a second end that are joined, defining a seam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.