Modular adjustable frame hand loom

An adjustable knitting and weaving hand loom kit including an assembly of components packaged together for retail sale to consumers in a non-fully assembled form and comprising

• a plurality of generally elongate sections each of which defines an upper surface and opposing first and second ends;
• connecting means on said sections for connecting said plurality of sections to form a closed frame by connecting each section with two other adjoining sections in end-to-end abutment by joining a first end of one section with a second end of another adjoining section, said connecting means comprising an axial tab at each first end and a mating axial channel at each second end to provide a sliding joint between each two adjoining sections by inserting an axial tab of one section into an axial channel of an adjoining section to provide a stable joint to substantially prevent relative movements between each two adjoining sections except along the direction of insertion of said axial tab into said axial channel, each of said sections being provided on said upper surface and on said axial tab with a series of substantially uniformly spaced intermediate holes or bores each having axes substantially normal to said upper surface, said holes or bores being arranged to align end-most holes or bores at said second ends with said end-most holes or bores in said axial tabs at said first ends when said axial tabs are fully slidably inserted and mated within associated axial channels to form slip joints;
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• a plurality of pegs or pins each dimensioned to be securely received within intermediate holes or bores of said sections and within aligned end-most holes or bores within said axial channels at said second ends and within said tabs at said first ends at each slip joint, whereby said pegs or pins inserted into said end-most bores or holes at said second ends and into said end-most bores or holes in said tabs function both to looping yarn during knitting and to lock said axial tabs from inadvertently separating from mating axial channels by movements along said direction of insertion.

A method of assembling an adjustable knitting and weaving hand loom comprising

• providing a plurality of generally elongate sections each of which defines an upper surface and opposing first and second ends;
• connecting each section with two other adjoining sections in end-to-end abutment by joining a first end of one section with a second end of another adjoining section, said connecting means comprising an axial tab at each first end and a mating axial channel at each second end to provide a sliding joint between each two adjoining sections by inserting an axial tab of one section into an axial channel of an adjoining section to provide a stable joint to substantially prevent relative movements between each two adjoining sections except along the direction of insertion of said axial tab into said axial channel, each of said sections being provided on said upper surface and on said axial tab with a series of substantially uniformly spaced intermediate holes or bores each having axes substantially normal to said upper surface, said holes or bores being arranged to align end-most holes or bores at said second ends with said end-most holes or bores in said axial tabs at said first ends when said axial tabs are fully slidably inserted and mated within associated axial channels to form slip joints;
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• inserting a plurality of pegs or pins into said holes or bores, each peg or pin being dimensioned to be securely received within intermediate holes or bores of said sections and within said end-most aligned holes or bores within said axial channels at said second ends and within said tabs at said first ends at each slip joint, whereby said pegs or pins inserted into said end-most bores or holes at said second ends and into said end-most bores or holes in said tabs function both to looping yarn during knitting and to lock said axial tabs from inadvertently separating from mating axial channels by movements along said direction of insertion.