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US 8,919,090 B2Granted
Tool and method for creating fashion accessories
AssigneeAnn Williams Group LLC
InventorSheila A. Wright
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Abstract
A device comprising: (a) a body portion including: (i) a first end and ii. a second end; (b) for a holder at the first end; (c) a holder at the second end; (d) a rotation device at the first end in communication with the holder at the first end; and wherein the holder is fixedly attached to a split gear having a channel therethrough so that one or more flexible mediums may be placed through the channel and removed from a work area located between the holder at the first end and the holder at the second end.
Claims19
A device for creating a fashion accessory comprising:
- i. a body portion including:
- 1) a first end;
- 2) a second end;
- wherein a length of the body portion is adjustable so that the first end and the second end can be moved apart and towards each other;
- 3) a first outwardly projecting support extending vertically outward from the body portion, the first outwardly projecting support being located in a first end region of the first end;
- 4) a second outwardly projecting support extending vertically outward from the body portion, the second outwardly projecting support being located in a second end region of the second end;
- and
- 5) a base portion for contacting a surface, the base including a non-slip surface that prevents the device from moving during use;
- ii. a holder at the first end connected to the first outwardly projecting support;
- iii. a holder at the second end connected to the second outwardly projecting support, wherein the holder at the first end and at the second end are adapted to receive one or more flexible mediums defining a core that extends between the holder at the first end and the holder at the second end;
- iv. a rotation device at the first end in communication with the holder at the first end;
- and
- wherein the rotation device rotates the holder at the first end so that the core extending between the holder at the first end and the holder at the second end is rotated and so that one or more unattached flexible mediums can be successively wound tangentially around the core for creating the fashion accessory.
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A device for creating a fashion accessory comprising:
- i. a body portion including:
- 1) a first end;
- 2) a second end;
- 3) a platform extending between the first end and the second end;
- 4) a first outwardly projecting support connected to and extending vertically from the platform in a first end region of the first end;
- and
- 5) a second outwardly projecting support connected to and extending vertically from the platform in a second end region of the second end;
- ii. a holder at the first end connected to the first outwardly projecting support;
- by a rotatable portion;
- iii. a holder at the second end connected to the second outwardly projecting support, wherein the holder at the first end and the holder at the second end are adapted to receive one or more flexible mediums defining a core that extends along a longitudinal axis between the holder at the first end and the holder at the second end;
- and
- iv. a rotation device at the first end in direct communication with the holder at the first end;
- so that the holder at the first end is directly driven by the rotation device;
- and
- wherein the rotation device rotates at least the holder at the first end generally about the longitudinal axis of the core;
- and
- wherein the first outwardly projecting support is free of gears.
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A method comprising:
- a) obtaining a device for creating fashion accessories comprising:
- i. a body portion including:
- 1) a first end;
- 2) a second end, wherein a length of the body portion is adjustable so that the first end and the second end can be moved apart and towards each other;
- 3) a first outwardly projecting support in a first end region of the first end;
- and
- 4) a second outwardly projecting support in a second end region of the second end;
- ii. a holder at the first end connected to the first outwardly projecting support;
- iii. a holder at the second end connected to the second outwardly projecting support;
- and
- iv. a rotation device at the first end in direct communication with a rotatable portion fixedly attached the holder at the first end;
- and
- b) attaching one or more pieces of flexible medium to the holder at the first end;
- c) attaching the one or more pieces of flexible medium to the holder at the second end so that a core is formed that extends between the first end and the second end along a longitudinal axis;
- d) rotating the rotation device at the first end so that the core extending between the first end and the second end;
- is rotated;
- and
- e) wrapping one or more unattached pieces of flexible medium around the core;
- wherein the one or more unattached pieces of flexible medium have at least one end that is free of attachment to the holder at the first end or the holder at the second end so that unattached ends of the one or more unattached pieces of flexible medium are wrapped around the core.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.