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US 6,779,817 B2Granted
Tool for making decorative knot
AssigneeClover Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroko Ota
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Abstract
A tool is provided for facilitating the making of a decorative knot. The knot-making tool includes a generally flat main body, and several string engagement cutouts formed on the periphery of the main body. The string is brought into engagement with these cutouts in the prescribed order specified by the indication marks put on the main body.
Claims8
A tool for making a decorative knot, the tool comprising:
- a generally flat main body having an obverse surface and a reverse surface opposite to the obverse surface, the obverse surface and the reverse surface having identically configured peripheral contour lines;
- a plurality of string engagement portions provided on the main body;
- wherein the string engagement portions are constructed to come into engagement with a string in a prescribed order;
- the string engagement portions comprise at least one cutout formed on the main body to partially define the peripheral contour lines of the obverse and reverse surfaces;
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- the at least one cutout is constructed such that the peripheral contour lines of the obverse and reverse surface are adapted to contact a string in which a decorative knot is being formed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.