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US 3,987,839 AGranted
Needle apparatus and method for making needle apparatus
OwnerRobert K. Paceinventor
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Abstract
Needle apparatus is disclosed which includes a pair of flexible members secured together at the ends of the members and biased together but separable apart to provide an eye for the needle which is substantially the length of the needle.
Claims4
A method of making a needle, comprising, in combination, the steps of:
- selecting a pair of wires of substantially equal dimensions;
- juxtaposing the wires of the pair against each other;
- twisting the pair of juxtaposed wires between their respective ends;
- and
- securing together the ends of the pair of wires.
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A needle, comprising, in combination:
- a first wire having a first end and a second end spaced apart from each other;
- a second wire, having a first end and a second end spaced apart from each other and having substantially the same dimensions as the first wire;
- the first and second wires juxtaposed against each other with the first ends and the second ends of the respective wires secured together and with a twist in the wires extending between the first ends as secured together and the second ends as secured together;
- the first and second wires defining an eye of the needle when spread apart;
- and
- the twist in said wires providing a bias to close the said eye of the needle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.