Needle threader

In a needle threader:

• a handle portion comprising:
• a first support member comprising an outer support member of tubular shape,
• a second support member for cooperative interengagement with said first support member, said members having mutually interengaging surfaces, said second support member comprising an inner support member snugly disposed within said outer support member,
• a wire threading loop having at one end two terminal wire ends and at the opposite end, medially of said wire ends, a thread-engaging tip portion, said wire ends being tightly sandwiched between said interengaging surfaces of said inner and outer support members so as to be held rigidly in place thereby,
• said outer support member including a hollow axial bore for slidably receiving said inner support member and extending from an open end of said outer support member to a closed end thereof,
• means defining a wire passage extending axially through said closed end and opening into said bore for receiving a portion of said wire threading loop,
• and a raised collar portion extending inwardly of said bore from said closed end, said collar portion surrounding the opening of said wire passage into said bore and being spaced from the sidewalls of said bore so as to fit snugly within a portion of said inner support member.