Pattern practicing apparatus for longarm quilting machines
OwnerKeith Hayes, Pamela Hayesinventors
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Abstract
Implementations of a pattern practicing apparatus for longarm quilting machines are provided. In some implementations, the pattern practicing apparatus comprises a base, a first handle, and a second handle. In some implementations, a method for using the pattern practicing apparatus comprises positioning the pattern practicing apparatus on top of a piece of paper or other surface, inserting a writing instrument tip into an opening through the base of the pattern practicing apparatus, holding the handles of the pattern practicing apparatus, and moving the pattern practicing apparatus by the handles across the paper to simulate using a longarm quilting machine free-hand.
Claims20
A pattern practicing apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a base, a first handle, and a second handle, wherein:
- the base comprises a piece of material having:
- a first surface extending length-wise and width-wise;
- a second surface, opposite the first surface, extending length-wise and width-wise;
- and
- an opening extending through the piece of material including through the first surface and the second surface, wherein a portion of the piece of material completely encircles the opening such that the opening does not extend to and through an outermost edge of the piece of material and the opening is configured to receive at least a portion of a writing instrument such that when the second surface of the base is moved across a surface, the writing instrument positioned in the opening can mark the surface;
- the first handle comprises a first elongated piece of material that extends from the first surface of the base;
- the second handle comprises a second elongated piece of material that extends from the first surface of the base;
- and
- the opening, the first handle, and the second handle are spaced apart in a triangular pattern.
A pattern practicing apparatus the apparatus comprising:
- a base, a first handle, and a second handle, wherein:
- the base comprises a piece of material having a first surface, a second surface, a first side, a second side, a third side, a fourth side, and an opening, wherein:
- the first surface extends length-wise from the first side to the second side and extends width-wise from the third side to the fourth side;
- the second surface is opposite the first surface and extends length-wise from the first side to the second side and extends width-wise from the third side to the fourth side;
- and
- the opening extends through the base including through the first surface and the second surface, wherein a portion of the piece of material completely encircles the opening such that the opening does not extend to and through an outermost edge of the piece of material and the opening is configured to receive at least a portion of a writing instrument such that when the second surface of the base is moved across a surface, the writing instrument positioned in the opening can mark the surface;
- the third side of the base extends outward to an apex between the first side and the second side of the base thereby forming a triangular shaped portion of the base;
- the base is transparent;
- the first handle comprises a first elongated piece of material that extends from the first surface of the base;
- the second handle comprises a second elongated piece of material that extends from the first surface of the base;
- and
- the opening, the first handle, and the second handle are spaced apart in a triangular pattern, wherein the opening is positioned adjacent to the apex of the third side of the base, the first handle is positioned adjacent to the fourth side of the base, and the second handle is positioned adjacent to the fourth side of the base.
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