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US 4,289,341 AGranted
Apparatus for supporting macrame during formation of a particular article
OwnerFloyd H. Sumpterinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for supporting macrame during formation of a particular article is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a number of cooperating components for supporting the macrame at a plurality of different points which are both horizontally and vertically adjustable to suit the individual forming the macrame article.
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An apparatus for supporting macrame during formation of a particular article from the supported macrame, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) means including an upwardly extending support post mounted for vertical movement between different adjustably fixed positions;
- (b) a horizontally extending cross-bar connected with and extending on opposite sides of said support post for vertical movement therewith, whereby to adjust the height of said cross-bar from the floor;
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- (c) first and second groups of hook arrangements respectively connected with first and secod sections of said cross-bar on opposite sides of said support post and including associated hooks for engaging said macrame and suspending the latter from said cross-bar sections, each of said hook arrangements in each of said groups also including first means for individually moving its associated hook horizontally along its connected cross-bar section, whereby the points of suspension of a supported macrame can be adjusted horizontally relative to said cross-bar and second means independent of said first means for individually moving its associated hook vertically, whereby the points of suspension of a supported macrame can be adjusted vertically relative to said cross-bar, independent of their horizontal positions.
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An apparatus for supporting macrame during formation of a particular macrame article from the supported macrame, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a base arrangement including a horizontally extending base for positioning on the floor and a hollow post fixedly connected to and extending vertically upwardly from said base;
- (b) a movable support post extending up from and supported by said fixed post for vertical movement between a lowermost vertical position and an uppermost vertical position;
- (c) means for adjustably fixing the position of said movable post at and between said lowermost and uppermost positions;
- (d) a horizontally extending cross-bar connected with said movable support post for vertical movement therewith and including first and second sections on opposite sides of said movable post;
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- (e) first and second groups of hook arrangement respectively connected with said first and second cross-bar sections for engaging said macrame at different horizontally spaced points and suspending the latter from said cross-bar sections, each of said hook arrangements including
- (i) a slide member mounted with and slidably movable along an associated one of said cross-bar sections,
- (ii) a hook disengagably connectable to said macrame, and
- (iii) a support cord attached to said hook and slidably connected with said slide member for supporting said hook for vertical movement relative to said slide member and independent of its horizontal position on said cross-bar section, said cord being disengagably connectable with said base arrangement for maintaining said hook in an adjustably fixed vertical position relative to said slide member whereby said hook can be adjusted vertically and horizontally independent of one another.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.