Scroll frame including slots and fabric engaging rods

A needlecraft frame retaining and tensioning rods for attachment, scrolling or spooling upon, tensioning and advancement of the fabric upon which needlecraft is performed, employing a pair of identical, opposed, spaced-apart, rotatable, cylindrical wooden rods adaptable to needlecraft frames, of various design, comprising in combination:

• a) a pair of spaced apart, cylindrical wooden rod means, for rotatable positioning between and at right angles to the opposed side frame members of conventional needlecraft frames, adjacent the upper and lower ends thereof, said rods being rotatably and lockably attachable in any acceptable manner, said rods being of a length greater than the width of the needlecraft base fabric and of sufficient length to traverse the distance between the opposing sides of a conventional needlework frame;
• b) longitudinal slot means, of a trapezoidal configuration, having a wide base, inwardly angled walls of equal length and a narrow top opening at the periphery of said rod, situate in and along a portion of the length of each of said rods, said slot being of a length greater than the width of the needlecraft fabric and lesser than the length of said rod, said slot being accommodative of the entry thereinto of;
• c) slot insertable fabric gripping means comprising a pair of parallel spaced apart wooden dowels of a longitudinal dimension slightly in excess of the width of the base needlework fabric, said dowels being conjoined by metallic ferrule means, at the opposing ends thereof, and adapted to accommodate the passage therebetween of and engagement with the ends of the fabric base cloth, whereupon on a one revolution rotation of said conjoined wooden dowels about said base fabric configures the assembly for insertion into and engagement with said longitudinal trapezoidally configured slot in said wooden cylindrical rod means, whereupon rotation of said rod means imparts a partial rotation to said conjoined dowels and causes the engagement of said base fabric with the internal surfaces of said trapezoidal slot, a short raduis at the upper extremity thereof and the oppositely urged fabric, effecting a greater gripping force as tension on said base fabric is increased, resulting in a secure, non-damaging, yet readily-releasable-on-demand gripping engagement over the entire width of said needlecraft base fabric as said cylindrical rod means are rotated to scroll on, advance and tension said base fabric as is required in the accomplishment of needlecraft.