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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7147009 | Method for hands only weaving A process for weaving that can be implemented using just the hands as the loom and shuttle, a weaving material such as yarn, an instrument for cutting like nail clippers or a small pair of scissors, and an object for intermissions in the process such as a paper clip... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6719013 | Bead-weaving system A bead-weaving system including a multiplicity of beads for spacing apart a multiplicity of warp threads, wherein the beads are pierced by a hole in their diameter and threaded on a weft thread by a needle and positioned between each warp thread, the needle having a... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6192944 | Method of forming a textile member with undulating wire A method of forming a textile having an undulating wire member therein. The method includes forming a wire which exhibits shape memory behavior into an undulating wire member, training the wire to remember its shape, causing the undulating wire member to ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5909750 | Multiple stage device and method for manufacturing a woven fabric A method for manufacturing a woven fabric having a limited length comprising the following steps: laying a layer of warp threads on a warp frame having a size which is determinative of the limited length of the fabric and holding said warp threads, on sai... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5413150 | Frame with clip type yarn holder A frame (20) having a number of yarn holding clips (30) attached on an outside edge for looping yarn in a first direction around adjacent parallel clips to form a warp. A second number of opposed clips likewise mounted on the frame, permit a second loopin... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5343600 | Worn look carpet weave A worn look carpet weave for an oriental rug consists of a plurality of warp threads that run vertical on two levels, one directly behind the other. A plurality of ground weft threads run horizontal between the two levels of the warp threads, so as to be ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5284186 | Hand weaving frame for forming a floor mat A mat is produced from a single length of rope or other flexible member using a holder assembly which releasably clamps an end of each of a plurality of hollow tubular members. Warp lengths are formed over the clamped tubular members by alternately weavin... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5270094 | Three-dimensional fabric with symmetrically arranged warp and bias yarn layers A three-dimensional fabric has three axes defined along its length, width and thickness directions, and an imaginary plane that bisects the fabric along its thickness or transverse direction. The fabric comprises a plurality of warp layers that are symmet... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5231742 | Hand twining looms An apparatus and method for twining or weaving. The apparatus includes a plurality of elongated loom fingers and a loom. Each of the loom fingers is elongated, has first and second symmetrical tapered ends, and has an elongated groove running the entire l... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5146659 | Triangular weaving frame An adjustable triangular weaving frame for weaving woven pieces of various sizes. The frame has sections formed by three rails. Each rail has an upper surface with a row of generally vertical pins. Means are provided for shortening the effective length of... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5005273 | Rag rug loom A rag rug comprising a frame having a pair of laterally spaced longitudinal side members, and a pair of laterally spaced transverse end members that are connected to the respective opposite ends of the longitudinal side members. Two pairs of fold-up legs ... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4832085 | Variable-sized rod handweaving frame A handweaving system with detachable, variable-sized, flush rod sides, comprised of individual rods connectable together with threaded studs to achieve varying lengths and widths. The rod sides attach to same-plane corner supports in a manner that simulta... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4741366 | Hand-weaving device A hand-weaving device which contains a body having a large number of small holes arranged regularly, for weaving pins are inserted into the holes to stand upright, a longitudinal thread is turned around to the pins for warping, and a tranverse thread is w... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4316310 | Rag rug loom A rag rug loom comprising a frame having a pair of laterally spaced longitudinal side members, and a pair of laterally spaced transverse end members that are connected to the respective opposite ends of the longitudinal side members. A first transverse pl... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4192046 | Locking apparatus for bar-shaped elements as used in weaving A locking apparatus for weaving by means of small bores, consisting of a lower block and an upper block, one surface of a block is provided with centering ribs forming channels. The bars are accommodated in the channels and maintained by pressing the uppe... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4162562 | Loom for high warp tapestry The disclosure describes a loom for high warp tapestry which is made of a frame mounted on a base and wherein the frame is adapted to receive a weft in downwardly displaceable fashion along its length. The frame is made of two substantially parallel uprig... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4131138 | Hand weaving loom Hand weaving looms of simple and inexpensive construction adapted to produce a wide variety of woven products and which are simple to use, even by children. These hand weaving looms comprise a base including a central post, a work platen at the top of the... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4077436 | Portable hand weaving loom An apparatus for weaving having two normally stiff flat springy pieces forming the base which, by varying their relationship to each other, can exert varying degrees of tension on the supported warp threads which extend, in a continuous fashion, completel... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4072173 | Weaving board A weaving board includes a flat base, a first pair of longitudinally spaced apart ridges projecting from one side of the base, and a second pair of ridges projecting from an opposite side of the base. The ridges on each side of the base are located relati... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4046171 | Hand loom A hand loom including spaced support posts defining a normal weaving plane, a pair of spaced stationary beams spanning the posts and a pair of spaced movable dowels spanning the posts for adjusting the overall length of a weaving which may be made on the ... | 09/06/1977 |
| 3996969 | Adjustable loom An adjustable loom comprising a first adjustable rectangular frame having two spaced, parallel, elongated, rigid uprights of substantially equal length. The uprights are longitudinally hollow. Two rigid, elongated, parallel extending leg members of substa... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3971417 | Hand loom A hand loom has a support formed with a multiplicity of parallel guides. A plurality of elongated parallel needles of a first group are each longitudinally slidably received in a respective guide and are each formed at one end with a hook and at the other... | 07/27/1976 |
