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US 6,146,144 AGranted
Rug hooking kit and method for handicapped
OwnerErnest R. Fowler, Betty Rutter Fowlerinventors
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Abstract
A kit for making a hooked rug comprised of a backing made of a flexible yet stable material with offset, intermittent holes, a hook with a handle, embroidery needle, yarn, diagrams and written instructions, all of which are packed in a bag or box. The invention also discloses a method of making a hooked rug comprised of filling in each backing hole following a chart or a pattern drawn or stamped on the backing and using a continuous length of yarn drawn through the offset intermittent holes to provide the effect of a hooked rug random looping.
Claims4
A kit for making a hook rug, comprising:
- a flat backing made of a flexible stretchable webbing material having a top side, an underside and a peripheral edge, and including rows of holes extending through said webbing with each row of holes laterally offset from each adjacent row of holes;
- a plurality of elongated colored fabric strips;
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- a hooking tool for drawing said strips through said backing, said tool having a rigid single piece hook attached to a rigid handle.
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