Holder for sewing articles

A holder for supporting an article to be sewn, said holder comprising:

• a continuous wire form member including a pair of elongated, spaced apart, generally parallel tines, each having a distal end;
• a handle portion characterized by opposed wire form handle parts extending longitudinally from and integrally joined to said tines, respectively, said handle parts being bent over in respective reverse bends to form opposed intermediate leg parts extending toward said distal ends of said tines, respectively;
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• a hook part integrally joined to said leg parts at spaced apart substantially reverse bends formed between said hook part and said leg parts and spaced from said leg parts to define a recess for engagement with a portion of an article to be sewn, said tines being engageable with said article at their distal ends, respectively, and for stretching said article to be relatively taut between said tines and between said tines and said hook part.

A method for holding an article to be sewn in a machine sewing operation, comprising the steps of:

• providing a continuous wire form holder for holding said article, said holder including opposed elongated tines, a hook part defining a recess spaced from distal ends of said tines and a handle portion for grasping said holder during a sewing operation on an article supported by said holder;
• pulling one end of said article over said handle portion and engageable with said hook part at a bottom of a recess formed in part by said hook part;
• stretching one end of said article over the distal ends of said tines to provide a generally taut planar part of said article extending between said tines;
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• placing said part of said article on a sewing machine while holding said article and said holder at said handle portion.

A holder for supporting an article to be sewn by a sewing machine, said holder comprising:

• a pair of elongated, spaced apart, generally parallel tines each having a distal end, the distal ends of said tines each being provided with a generally bulbous tip for engagement with said article to be sewn;
• a handle portion extending from one end of and joined to said tines opposite said distal ends;
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• a hook part connected to said handle portion and forming a channel shaped recess for engagement with a portion of said article to be sewn, said tines being engageable with said portion of said article to be sewn and for stretching said article to be sewn to be relatively taut between said tines.

A holder for supporting an article to be sewn by a sewing machine, said holder comprising:

• a pair of elongated, spaced apart, generally parallel tines each having a distal end;
• a handle portion extending from one end of and joined to said tines opposite said distal ends, respectively, said handle portion comprising opposed wire formed handle parts integrally joined to said tines, and the distance between said handle parts is less than the distance between said tines;
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• a hook part connected to said handle portion and forming a channel shaped recess for engagement with a portion of said article, said tines being engageable with said portion of said article and for stretching said article to be relatively taut between said tines.

A holder for supporting an article to be sewn, said holder comprising:

• a continuous wire form member including a pair of elongated, spaced apart, generally parallel tines, each having a distal end provided with a generally bulbous tip for engagement with said article;
• a handle portion characterized by opposed wire form handle parts extending longitudinally from and integrally joined to said tines, respectively, said handle parts being bent over to form opposed intermediate leg parts extending in opposite directions from the longitudinal extent of said handle parts;
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• a hook part integrally joined to said legs at substantially reverse bends formed therebetween to define a recess for engagement with a portion of said article, said tines being engageable with said portion of said article and for stretching said article to be relatively taut between said tines and between said tines and said hook part.

A. holder for supporting an article to be sewn, said holder comprising:

• a continuous wire form member including a pair of elongated, spaced apart, generally parallel tines, each having a distal end;
• a handle portion characterized by opposed wire form handle parts extending longitudinally from and integrally joined to said tines, respectively, said handle parts being bent over to form opposed intermediate leg parts extending in opposite directions from the longitudinal extent of said handle parts, the distance between said handle parts being less than the distance between said tines;
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• a hook part integrally joined to said legs at substantially reverse bends formed therebetween to define a recess for engagement with a portion of said article, said tines being engageable with said portion of said article and for stretching said article to be relatively taut between said tines and between said tines and said hook part.