System and method for forming a design from a flexible filament having indicators
OwnerAlida Cathleen Raynorinventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a flexible filament that includes a length of material configured to be used in forming at least a portion of a textile product to have at least a portion of a visual pattern that is visible on at least one of a first side or a second side of the textile product. The material includes a plurality of stitch indicators formed on the material to separate the material into a plurality of segmented regions, at least one of the stitch indicators or the segmented regions forming at least the portion of the visual pattern visible on the at least one of the first side or the second side of the textile product.
Claims32
A flexible filament for forming at least a portion of a textile product by hand, comprising:
- a length of material configured to be used in forming the portion of the textile product to have a visual pattern associated with at least one of a first side or a second side of the textile product, the material including:
- a plurality of stitch indicators that are spaced at intervals on the material to separate the material into a plurality of segmented regions, at least one of the stitch indicators or the segmented regions forming at least a portion of the visual pattern on the at least one of the first side or the second side of the textile product, wherein the at least one stitch indicator provides a first sensory indication to a user of where at least one part of a stitch is to be executed by hand by the user, and wherein the at least one segmented region provides a second sensory indication to the user of where at least one other part of the stitch is to be executed by hand by the user, to form at least the portion of the visual pattern of the textile product.
A method, comprising:
- manufacturing a flexible filament that is configured to be manipulated by hand by a user to form at least a part of a textile product, the textile product having a visual pattern on a first side of the textile product, the manufacturing including:
- forming a single length of textile material;
- and
- forming a plurality of segmented regions on the length of textile material by forming a plurality of stitch indicators on the material, the plurality of stitch indicators separating the material into the plurality of segmented regions, at least one of the stitch indicators or segmented regions forming at least a portion of the visual pattern on first side of the textile product after being manipulated by the user, the stitch indicators or the segmented regions providing a visual or tactile indication to the user of a portion of a stitch to perform.
A flexible filament configured to be used to form a textile product by hand, comprising:
- a single length of material configured to be used to form the textile product to have a visual pattern on at least one of a first side or a second side of the textile product, the material comprising:
- a plurality of stitch indicators formed on the material;
- a plurality of segmented regions between consecutive ones of the plurality of stitch indicators, the plurality of stitch indicators separating the material into the plurality of segmented regions, at least one of the stitch indicators or the segmented regions configured to form at least the portion of the visual pattern on the at least one of the first side or the second side of the textile product, at least one of the plurality of stitch indicators or the plurality of segmented regions being configured to provide a visual or tactile indication to a user about at least a portion of a stitch to perform.
A textile product formed by using a flexible filament having a plurality of stitch indicators formed on a length of material to separate the material into a plurality of segmented regions, at least one of the stitch indicators or the segmented regions forming at least a portion of a visual pattern on at least one side of the textile product, and
- manually forming a plurality of stitches with the flexible filament using the stitch indicators as a sensory indication of where to position the stitches to form at least the portion of the visual pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.