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US 11,624,136 B1Granted
Serger seam hook for tucking thread tails
OwnerFeather W. Kinginventor
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Abstract
A small, flat and elongated tool is provided, with a hook at its distal end, for inserting between stitches and sliding under the threads of a serged sewing seam. The tool, held between the thumb and finger of a user, is effective to grab the tail threads from the serger seam and to pull them back into the seam.
Claims18
A method for tucking tail threads of a serger seam applied to a fabric back into the seam to prevent unraveling of serger seam stitches of the seam, comprising:
- providing a thin, flat hook device having a handle for gripping by a hand of a user, a shaft attached to and distal of the handle and a hook near a distal end of the shaft remote from the handle, the hook being formed as an opening into an edge of the shaft,
- inserting the distal end of the shaft of the hook device between stitches of the serger seam, at a selected distance back from an end of the serger seam from which the tail threads extend, and sliding the shaft in a distal direction under the serger seam stitches until the distal end and the hook of the device extend out said end of the seam,
- gripping the tail threads with the hook of the hook device, and
- pulling the device back proximally such that the tail threads are drawn into the serger seam beneath the stitching threads until the tail threads are fully pulled into the seam and the device has been pulled back out of the seam.
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