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US 6,485,065 B2Granted
Knot and a method of formation
AssigneeCraig R. Miles
InventorsDarryl S. Lusk, Sara K. Lusk
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Abstract
A knot teaching, tying, and developing system that provides a knot tie contiguity that combines knot tie elements in various embodiments. The knot tie contiguity can further include a knot material differentiation element. The knot tie contiguity can further include a hold down that allows the device to be secured for various knotting applications. A kit may comprise a container in which the knot tie contiguity, knotting material, and instructions are placed.
Claims2
A knot, comprising:
- a. a length of knot material having a working end and a standing part, wherein a first loop element is defined by a cross-under area between the working end surface and the standing part surface of the length of knot material made responsive to one another;
- b. a second loop element defined by a 180 degree arc formed from the cross-under area to a cross-over point of the first loop element;
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- c. a third loop element responsive to the first loop element and the second loop element, wherein the third loop element is defined by a first interpenetration of the second loop element and a subsequent interpenetration of the first loop element and a subsequent second interpenetration of the second loop element above the first interpenetration with the working end of the length of knot material.
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A method of producing a knot, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a length of knot material having a standing part and a working part;
- b) holding the standing part in one hand and the working part in opposite hand;
- c) passing the working end of the knot material underneath the standing part from right to left thereby forming an underhand loop wherein a cross-under area is formed where both parts of the knot material cross;
- d) pinching the cross-under area with the one hand by using a thumb and a pointing finger;
- e) placing middle finger of the one hand next to the cross-under area on an open side of the underhand loop;
- f) wrapping the working end around the middle finger and crossing over the standing part from left to right thereby forming a half-loop wherein an arc of 180 degrees is formed from the cross-under area to the cross-over point;
- g) feeding the working end between the pinched point and the middle finger from right to left thereby forming a first interpenetration and through the underhand loop from left to right and from top to bottom forming a second interpenetration;
- h) feeding the working end by crossing under the half-loop and above the first interpenetration on the stand part from right to left;
- i) pulling the working end while letting go of the standing part with the other hand;
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- j) adjusting the knot tightly against the standing part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.