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US 11,236,450 B2Granted
Embroidery frame
OwnerAllison Padgettinventor
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Abstract
An embroidery hoop that doubles as a frame. The frame has a groove for holding a spline to hold embroidery material inside the frame.
Claims17
An embroidery frame, comprising:
- a frame, having a first shape, the frame having an outer edge which defines the outer edge of the frame, and having an inner edge, whose perimeter defines an opening in the frame,
- the frame having a front and a rear surface,
- the rear surface of the frame having an indentation around the perimeter of the inner edge, the indentation being of a first specified thickness, and extending entirely around the inner edge;
- a channel, formed in the inner edge, extending to a depth which is deeper than a thickness of the indentation;
- a spline material, formed inside the depth, and held frictionally in the channel,
- a frame back, which fits inside the indentation in the rear surface of the frame, the frame back being slightly thinner than the first specified thickness of the indentation, and held completely in the indentation, and where the spline material has a thickness to hold the spline material in the channel at a level below the a top surface of the indentation, such that the frame back lays flat in the indentation when the spline is in place in the channel.
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A method of putting embroidery material into an embroidery frame, comprising:
- attaching an embroidery material to a rear side of an embroidery frame using a temporary adhesive, the embroidery frame having a first shape, having an outer edge, and having an inner edge, whose perimeter defines an opening in the frame, and where the embroidery material is held at least to cover an entirety of the inner edge over a rear surface of the frame;
- the rear surface of the frame having an indentation around the perimeter of the inner edge, the indentation being of a first specified thickness, and extending entirely around the perimeter of the inner edge, the rear surface of the frame having a channel, formed in the inner edge, extending below a surface of the indentation;
- attaching a spline material, inside the channel, to be held frictionally in the channel, the spline material, when in the channel, holding the embroidery material, but not extending above the surface of the indentation;
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- after attaching the spline material to the material, placing a frame back inside the indentation, the frame back being slightly thinner than a depth of the indentation, and held completely in the indentation, and where the spline material has a thickness to hold the spline material in the channel at a level below the surface of the indentation, such that the frame back lays flat in the indentation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.