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US 5,537,844 AGranted
Knitting stitch holder assembly with detachable opposite end retainers
OwnerTorry F. MacLeaninventor
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Abstract
A knitting stitch holder assembly includes an elongated rod for holding stitches and a pair of detachable end retainers that prevent the stitches from inadvertently slipping off the ends of the rod. Formed about and in each of the opposite ends of the rod is an annular groove. The end retainers include resilient yieldable elements, such as detents or tabs, that extend within and engage the grooves to detachably secure the retainers on the opposite ends of the rod. Since both end retainers are detachable, stitches may be removed from either of the opposite ends of the elongated rod.
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A knitting stitch holder assembly, comprising:
- (a) an elongated rod for holding stitches, said rod having a pair of opposite end portions, a main portion extending between said opposite end portions, a pair of terminal ends at opposite outer ends of said outer end portions being rounded and blunt, and a pair of annular grooves each formed about and in one of said opposite end portions of said rod adjacent to said respective terminal ends, said opposite end portions and said main portion extending between said annular grooves and having the same cross-sectional size, said respective rounded terminal ends of said rod having a cross-sectional size at a maximum being the same as the cross-sectional size of said opposite end portions and said main portion of said rod;
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- (b) a pair of end retainers each having means for detachably interfitting with a respective one of said pair of annular grooves in said opposite end portions of said rod to detachably secure said end retainers on said respective opposite end portions of said rod to prevent the stitches from inadvertently slipping off said rod, said means for detachably interfitting being a resilient yieldable element for extending within and engaging with one of said grooves to detachably secure said end retainers on said respective opposite end portions of said rod.
A knitting stitch holder assembly, comprising:
- (a) an elongated rod including a pair of opposite end portions, a main portion extending between said opposite end portions, and a pair of terminal ends at the outer ends of said outer end portions being rounded and blunt;
- (b) means defining a pair of annular grooves in said rod about said opposite end portions, said grooves being located adjacent to and inward from said terminal ends of said outer end portions, said opposite end portions and said main portion extending between said opposite annular grooves having the same cross-sectional size, said cross-sectional size of said respective rounded terminal ends of said rod at a maximum being the same as said cross-sectional size of said opposite end portions and said main portion of said rod;
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- (c) a pair of end retainers each having a central dimple defining a recess with respect to which said terminal end of one of said end portions of said rod may be pushed and pulled to respectively insert and withdraw said end portion of said rod into and from said respective one end retainer, each of said end retainers including means for detachably interfitting with a respective one of said pair of annular grooves in said opposite end portions of said rod to detachably secure said end retainers on said respective opposite end portions of said rod to prevent the stitches from inadvertently slipping off said rod, said means for detachably interfitting being a resilient yieldable element for extending within and engaging with one of said grooves to detachably secure said end retainers on said respective opposite end portions of said rod.
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A knitting stitch holder assembly, comprising:
- (a) an elongated rod including a pair of opposite end portions, a main portion extending between said opposite end portions, and a pair of terminal ends at the outer ends of said outer end portions being rounded and blunt;
- (b) means defining a pair of annular grooves in said rod about said opposite end portions, said grooves being located adjacent to and inward from said terminal ends of said outer end portions, said opposite end portions and said main portion extending between said opposite annular grooves having the same cross-sectional size, said cross-sectional size of said respective rounded terminal ends of said rod at a maximum being the same as said cross-sectional size of said opposite end portions and said main portion of said rod;
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- (c) a pair of end retainers each having a central hole through which said terminal end of one of said end portions of said rod may be pushed and pulled to insert and withdraw said end portion of said rod into and from said end retainer, each of said end retainers including means for detachably interfitting with said annular groove to detachably secure said end retainers on said terminal ends of said respective opposite end portions of said rod to prevent the stitches from inadvertently slipping off said rod, said means for detachably interfitting being a resilient yieldable element for extending within and engaging with one of said grooves to detachably secure said end retainers on said respective opposite end portions of said rod.
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