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US 9,400,008 B2Granted
Easily unraveled textile article
OwnerJohn L. Tuttleinventor
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Abstract
A device is provided including a textile article. The textile article includes a leading edge comprising an open loop and a secured loose end. The device further includes a piece of hardware threaded through the open loop. The textile article is configured to easily unravel by removing the piece of hardware from the open loop and pulling upon the secured loose end.
Claims18
A multifunctional device comprising:
- a crocheted or knitted textile article;
- a hardware device, wherein a portion of the hardware device is threaded through an open loop at a leading edge of the textile article;
- and
- a stopper knot or a tie down device secured to a loose end of the textile device,
- wherein the stopper knot or the tie down device cooperates with the hardware device to finish the textile article such that the textile article is usable for a first purpose without unraveling by preventing the loose end of the textile article from unstitching the open loop, and
- wherein the textile article is configured to unravel, for a second purpose, by removing the portion of the hardware device from the open loop and pulling on the loose end.
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A multifunctional device, comprising:
- a crocheted textile article;
- and
- a hardware device, wherein a portion of the hardware device is threaded through a plurality of loops at a leading edge of the textile article, wherein one of the loops is open;
- and
- wherein the portion of the hardware device threaded through the plurality of loops of the crocheted textile article finishes the crocheted textile article such that the crocheted textile article is usable for a first purpose without unraveling, and
- wherein the crocheted textile article is configured to unravel, for a second purpose, by removing the portion of the hardware device from the plurality of loops and pulling upon a loose end of the textile article.
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A method for adjusting a multifunctional textile device from a first state to a second state, the method comprising:
- obtaining the multifunctional textile device in a first, finished state, the multifunctional textile device comprising:
- a crocheted or knitted textile article,
- a hardware device, wherein a portion of the hardware device is threaded through an open loop at a leading edge of the textile article, and
- a stopper knot or a tie down device secured to a loose end of the textile device,
- wherein the stopper knot or the tie down device cooperates with the hardware device to retain the textile article in the first, finished state without unraveling by preventing the loose end of the textile article from unstitching the open loop;
- removing the portion of the hardware device from the open loop at the leading edge of the textile article;
- and
- pulling on the loose end of the textile article, thereby, unraveling the textile article into a second, unraveled state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.