Fiber art multifunctional, multitool and method for using same
OwnerKatharine Jordaninventor
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Abstract
A multitool for use in fiber arts and crafts, including crocheting, knitting, sewing, quilting, weaving and the like. The multitool has a housing including a top cover and a bottom cover cooperating with the top cover to create a cavity for holding one or more tools of the multitool. The bottom cover includes one or more storage compartments and a rear door configured to engage the storage compartment(s). The multitool further includes a counter having a first dial representing the 1's place, a second dial representing the 10's place, and a third dial representing the 100's place, and wherein the counter is disposed within the housing, and an interior spring finger configured to secure the first, second and third dials.
Claims14
A multitool comprising:
- a housing including a top cover and a bottom cover cooperating with the top cover to create a cavity configured to hold one or more tools of the multitool;
- the bottom cover including one or more storage compartments and a rear door configured to engage the one or more storage compartments;
- a counter having a first dial representing the 1's place, a second dial representing the 10's place, and a third dial representing the 100's place, and wherein the counter is disposed within the housing;
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- an interior spring finger configured to hold the first dial, the second dial and the third dial in place;
- wherein the first dial includes a first back dial which is fitted with a rear gear to engage with a right-most arm of the spring finger, wherein the second dial includes a second back dial and is configured to engage with a center arm of the spring finger, and wherein the third dial includes a third back dial and is configured to engage with a left-most arm of the spring finger;
- wherein the first and second back dials include means for advancing the second dial.
A multitool comprising:
- a housing including a top cover and a bottom cover cooperating with the top cover to create a cavity for holding one or more tools of the multitool;
- the bottom cover including one or more storage compartments and a rear door configured to engage the one or more storage compartments;
- a counter having a first dial representing the 1's place, a second dial representing the 10's place, and a third dial representing the 100's place, and wherein the counter is disposed within the housing;
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- an interior spring finger configured to secure the first, second and third dials;
- wherein the first dial includes a first back dial which is fitted with a rear gear to engage with a right-most arm of the spring finger, wherein the second dial includes a second back dial and is configured to engage with a center arm of the spring finger, and wherein the third dial includes a third back dial and is configured to engage with a left-most arm of the spring finger;
- wherein the first and second back dial include means for advancing the second dial;
- wherein the advancing means includes a first protrusion on a top surface of the first back dial and a plurality of second protrusions on a bottom surface of the second back dial, the first protrusion configured to interdigitate with ones of the plurality of second protrusions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.