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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7222445 | Rug hooking frame The present invention is an apparatus for uniformly pulling a base fabric taut for rug hooking. The apparatus includes an open rectangular frame having spaced parallel upper and lower members and spaced parallel side members having upper surfaces in a common plane. ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7108144 | Portable work stations Portable work stations which permit a one-step, touch-free finishing of all surfaces of doors, shutters, window sashes, cabinet doors, garage doors, spindles, and other workpieces. There are also provided trim measuring and cutting, and hinge mortising and prep rack... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7036670 | Cloth drying apparatus A garment drying apparatus (200) is provided having a frame (201), a porous net (204), an adjustable width garment hanger (202) and a hook (203) to support said adjustable width garment hanger; slip proof pads (205,206) are ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6922911 | Clothe drying apparatus A garment drying apparatus (200) is disclosed having a frame (201), a porous net 204, slip proof pads (205,206), an adjustable width garment hanger (202) and a hook (203) to support said adjustable width garment hanger; the ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6834682 | Set of hand held devices Portable looming templates for creating fabric from yarn. Square templates with a series of indentations around the perimeters. The templates are divided into halves and held together with hinges. The looms have location holes to which are attached to a swinging arm... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6387135 | Treatment of hides A process and apparatus for the treatment of hides and skins (3). The hide or skin is placed on a support (1, 2) and sealed to the support around the edges of the skin or hide. A treatment liquor is then supplied under pressure between the skin or hide an... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6212800 | Apparatus for positionally retaining flexible material The present invention provides an apparatus for positionally retaining flexible material. The apparatus is a substantially rectangular footed stand with an elongated cantilever member adjustably disposed along the footed stand's rectangular portion. A fle... | 04/10/2001 |
| 5711098 | Folding quilting frame with support legs A quilting frame employs two elongated rails each of which has a pair of legs hingedly attached thereto. Each leg has a foot pivotally mounted at its lower extremity. The pivotal mounting of each foot is such that when the foot is pivoted to a position pa... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5588236 | Visual panel A visual panel comprising a flexible sheet having swollen portions at upper and lower edge portions thereof, respectively, a sheet stretching apparatus for slidably accommodating the swollen portions at the opposing edge portions of the sheet and for stre... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5398436 | Visual panel One visual panel 1 is allotted to each of two lanes 3 in such a manner as to cover and conceal from a competitor a lifting device portion of an apparatus for automatically aligning and arranging bowling pins 4 at a distal end of the lane 3 in a bowling al... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5293704 | Collapsible crafting frame with storage compartment base A portable crafting frame includes carding strips to releasable support fabric while stretched across a window opening to allow access to opposite sides of the cloth. Front and back pairs of legs are pivotally supported by notches in upstanding walls in a... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5255455 | Adjustable frame for scrolling and stretching needlepoint fabrics A fabric stretching device having a primary upright frame support (10) and secondary upright frame support (18) which are parallel to each other. These supports are held apart at a defined distance by a front and a rear frame brace (12a,b) which are paral... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5240060 | Art work stretcher assembly An art work stretcher assembly is disclosed having any desired arcuate, e.g., elliptical, shape. The stretcher assembly includes a plurality of plastic tubes that are flexed and arranged with their ends in abutment so as to provide a closed loop. A separa... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5226250 | Portable, collapsible craftwork frame for tensioning textiles A portable craftwork device having a rectangular frame for supporting and tensioning sheet materials is provided. The frame has parallel ends and parallel sides, wherein each parallel end comprises a frame and plate, an upright leg, a leg end plate and a ... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5056247 | Fabric tensioning device having a collapsible support, elastic means, and fabric hooks This invention relates in general to sheet material suspension devices, and in particular to an apparatus for the suspension and tension of fabric for the purpose of hand dyeing and painting. The apparatus comprises specially designed hooks for attaching ... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4519151 | Expandable and contractible frame for stretching fabric material, and method A lightweight frame for stretching or blocking fabric material comprising elongated metal side frame elements detachably coupled together at their adjacent ends by a coacting pair of corner elements which are selectively expandably movable and contractibl... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4322901 | Needlework frame An adjustable frame assembly for releasably clamping fabric material for needlework in which four identical frame members are detachable and adjustable relative to each other to form a frame of a selected size and which employs clamping elements cooperati... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4190974 | Artists' canvas and frame assembly An artists' canvas is preformed on its rear face with an integral perimetrical and an articulated frame is composed of sectionally hinged rigid pivotally interconnected bars and is disposed flat at the rear face and is movable from a collapsed pointed sta... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4026445 | Blocking board A board used for blocking handwork articles such as needlepoint articles, embroidered articles and the like. A flat board is provided with a plurality of openings extending therethrough, each opening have a first portion adjacent the board lower surface o... | 05/31/1977 |
