US 4,989,326 AGranted

Quilting tool for making the location of stitches along a seam

OwnerLorraine J. O'Malleyinventor

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Abstract

An apparatus for marking a cloth or other material for the precise placement of stitches in a quilt. The apparatus includes a handle portion having extended therefrom a stem or elongated bar which includes a means for containing a marking medium such as ink or chalk and a wheel rotatably connected to the end of the stem, the wheel having a series of spaced points thereon, the points communicating with the marking medium such that as the wheel is rolled across the cloth the spaced pointed portions of the wheel mark the cloth in a manner that shows the placement of stitches thereon. A spacer bar is provided adjacent the wheel for spacing the wheel a precise distance from the edge of the material. The marking means includes a well and, in an alternative embodiment, may include ink or chalk cartridges placed therein for providing the ink or chalk to the wheel. The handle is angled from the stem such that it provides an easy operation of the pointed wheel across the cloth.

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Dependent claims

Apparatus for locating and marking a seam on a material and for locating and marking the placement of individual stitches along the seam comprising a handle having formed thereon an elongated member said member having a means for locating a seam and a means for premarking a seam on said material, said means for locating the seam comprising a spacer bar having a select width and a select length and a means for mounting the seam premarking means therein, said spacer bar formed adjacent the elongated member at an angle thereto;

a means for containing a marking medium housed in said tool and a marking medium deposited therein;
said means for premarking a seam comprising a wheel and an axis extending through said wheel, said wheel rotatably mounted at said axle to said spacer bar at the mounting means such that said wheel does not project below the spacer bar, said mounting means comprising an opening in the spacer bar to receive the axis, said wheel having extending therefrom and therearound a series of spaced, elongated points, said points arranged such that as the wheel is rotated with respect to the spacer bar each point individually communicates with the marking medium and the marking medium is thereby deposited on each of the points;
said points projecting below the spacer bar so as to mark the material with the marking medium as the spacer bar is moved over the material, such that the spacer bar cooperates with the wheel to locate the position of a seam on the material and the wheel points individually mark the location for placement of individual stitches along the seam.

A quilting tool apparatus comprising a means for locating the position of a seam on a material and a means for locating individual stitches along said seam, said stitch locating means connected adjacent the seam locating means and said seam locating means connected at an angle thereto to a means for grasping the quilting tool;

and marking medium contained in a well located in said grasping means, said well communicating with the means for marking the location of individual stitches such that the marking medium is deposited on the stitch locating means for placement on the material to locate the position of the individual stitches;
said means for locating the position of a seam comprising a spacer bar having a select width and a select length, such that placing an outer edge of the spacer bar adjacent an edge of the material to be quilted will position the stitch locating means at a desired location to mark the seam and the individual stitches as the tool is moved over the material;
said spacer bar having an opening therein to receive the stitch locating means;
said stitch locating means comprising a wheel rotatably connected to the spacer bar such that said wheel does not project below the spacer bar, said wheel having a series of pointed projections extending therefrom at select, spaced intervals there around, such that the various spaced, pointed projections extend below the spacer bar to penetrate the material to be quilted as the wheel is rotated over the material.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.