Apparatus and methods for locating embroidery center marks on an article
OwnerRobert S. Burt, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
The tool for locating a center mark for embroidery on articles such as garments includes a planar body having orthogonally-related legs with respective exterior and interior edges. Index markings are provided on the legs along the linear edges. The index markings include indicia identifying a plurality of corresponding preestablished garment sizes along the linear extending edges, respectively. By aligning common selected sizes along the edges with the vertical centerline of a folded garment and a shoulder portion of the garment, respectively, the location of the embroiderer's center mark on the garment is identified at the intersection of the linear edges. The interior edges of the tool may also used to form marking lines where conventional hoop grids are not available.
Claims12
An embroidery center mark locating tool for locating a center mark on garments folded along a vertical centerline for placement of embroidery on the garments, comprising:
- a planar body having a first pair of orthogonally-extending linear edges terminating at an intersection point;
- index markings on said body spaced one from the other along and adjacent each of the linear edges;
- said body being flat along one side for placement on the garment in generally coplanar relation with the garment;
- said index markings including indicia identifying a plurality of corresponding preestablished garment sizes along the linear extending edges, respectively, whereby alignment of indicia identifying common selected sizes along said edges with the garment centerline and a garment shoulder portion, respectively, enables location of an embroiderer's center mark on the garment at said intersection of said linear edges.
A method of locating an embroiderer's center mark on a garment folded along a vertical centerline, comprising the steps of:
- providing a tool having a planar body, a first pair of orthogonally-extending linear edges terminating at an intersection point and indicia identifying a plurality of corresponding preestablished garment sizes along each of the linear edges;
- placing the body on the folded garment with the indicia identifying a common selected garment size in alignment with the garment centerline and shoulder portion of the garment, respectively;
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- marking the garment at the location of the intersection of the edges thereby identifying the center mark location for placement embroidery on the garment.
A method of marking a tool having first and second orthogonally-extending edges intersecting at a corner using a previously embroidered garment as a guide for identifying center marks for embroidering one or more additional garments, comprising the steps of:
- folding the embroidered garment along a vertical centerline thereof;
- overlaying the tool on the embroidered garment with the corner of the tool overlaid on a center of the embroidery of the embroidered garment;
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- marking the tool along the edges thereof at locations in alignment with the vertical centerline and a shoulder portion, respectively, of the embroidered garment thereby providing a pair of markings on the tool which, together with the corner of the tool, provide reference marks for identifying embroidery center marks on the one or more additional garments.
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