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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156668 | Fabric stretching and socket alignment tool and method A method and tool for stretching a fabric with a fastener eyelet socket to mate the fastener eyelet socket with a fastener stud, the method and tool aligning the socket with the stud for final fastening, the fabric stretching tool with a handle at one end and a shaf... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7757416 | Portable and stowable quilting design wall A portable and stowable quilting wall has generally rectangular body composed of a smooth backing sheet sewn peripherally to a mating front sheet of heavy nap felt. A top hem mounts spaced pieces of hook fasteners interspersed with holes. A bottom hem confines a hea... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7698840 | Full moon canvas Artists prefer to paint on canvas. Paintings previous to this invention, canvas paintings hung on flat walls because the have a flat back. This invention, a tubular canvas can not be place flat on a wall; it must either hang from the ceiling, set on flat pedestal so... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7469493 | Corner mountable artists canvas A stretched painting canvas having a stretcher bar structure and a canvas wrapped across the stretcher bar structure so as to create a display surface, wherein at least two opposing sides of said stretcher bar are angled inward relative to said display surface such ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7418771 | Clip for clamping cloth for use with embroidery frame A clip for clamping a cloth according to the invention is mounted on an embroidery frame including an outer frame, and an inner frame which is internally engaged with the outer frame thereby to hold a cloth to be worked between the outer frame and the inner frame. T... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7377222 | Clamping device for a sewing machine and method A clamping device and method for a conventional sewing or embroidery machine has a pair of movable arms. Each of the arms includes a fixed section and a movable section for receiving material or item to be embroidered therebetween. A manual lever allows the movable ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7306022 | Manufacture of a filtering screen In a method of and apparatus for manufacturing a filtering screen, a frame of plastics coated metal or reinforced plastics material is located in a jig and at least two sheets of wire cloths are placed over the frame and their edges gripped by pneumatically operated... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7293378 | Device for tensioning and securing a canvas A device for tensioning and maintaining a canvas, comprising a frame having a groove, and at least one deformable batten. The canvas is stretched and maintained on the frame by wedging it between the groove and the deformable batten. The deformable batten comprises ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7278459 | Common carrier A method for mounting a film, used to fabricate a mask for use in screening an electronic device, to a common carrier frame. The common carrier frame has an outer edge along an outer periphery and an opening in a central portion of the frame. The method includes app... | 10/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7207128 | Display apparatus A pair of elongate holding devices (7a, 7c) extending along opposite sides of an imaginary rectangle have respective longitudinal recesses (12, 21) which hold respective edge portions (6a, 6c) of a poste... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7191555 | Display panels Display panels made at least partially of stretch fabric are disclosed. Different ways of mounting these display panels onto supporting structures such as folding frames are disclosed. The display panels can be used indoors and outdoors. The versatility of the displ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7178281 | Fabric sign A fabric sign having a pair of parallel support elements (1, 2) and a fabric (3) with two parallel edge portions (4, 5) for assembly on one each of the support elements, at least one of the support elements comprising a frame profile (7) ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168197 | System and method for mounting a sign A system and method for mounting a flexible material sign to a billboard structure includes a plurality of tensioning clamps affixed to the billboard structure. Each of the plurality of clamps includes a bracket adapted to be secured to the billboard structure and a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6983524 | Method of attaching canvas to a frame A canvas framing system and method for attaching canvas to an extruded aluminum frame to achieve a taut mount painting surface, including forming the frame of aluminum material, rounding selected corners and edges of the frame, temporarily securing a first portion o... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6976326 | Clip for embroidery frame Provided is an embroidery frame clip which can effectively prevent itself, without marring operability of fitting it to an embroidery frame, from slipping off the frame, when the tension of an embroidering cloth is increased as stitching goes on. The embroidery fram... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6868626 | Method and device for mounting needlework A mounting system for easily mounting flexible materials, such as needlepoint, is disclosed. The system uses a compressed foam unit placed between the flexible material and a mounting member. The compressed foam unit consists of a foam material sealed between two sh... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6688247 | Quilt holder for free-motion quilting and process of using A device for compactly holding a large quilt during the sewing phase of the quilt-making operation including a three-sided frame having spaced-apart side members, each the side member of terminal length and attached to a single, common cross-member, the f... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6675510 | Fabric-gripping/stretching system For gripping and stretching fabric such as art canvas, a system of specially-shaped gripping members are attached to the material in line along each edge in a manner that in co-operative engagement with the frame via special frame channels, facilitates tw... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6619003 | Method of assembling a frame assembly for a partition system A method of assembling a frame assembly for a partition system is disclosed. The frame assembly includes a partition panel, a fabric covering the panel, and a frame component. The frame component automatically and evenly tensions the fabric about the pane... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6561089 | Screen assembly having border construction with cupping features and method of making Improved methods and apparatuses for mounting screens on frames. Border strips with improved structural designs enable screens to be mounted so as to achieve higher tension more quickly and easily. Improved method permits screens to be mounted on frames w... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6493968 | Frame apparatus and method for stretching flexible material A frame apparatus and method of stretching a flexible material over a frame apparatus. The frame apparatus includes a first frame assembly positioned adjacent a second frame assembly for relative movement to stretch a material positioned over the first fr... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6446567 | Portable hand-operated machine quilting clamp A portable, hand-operated quilting clamp capable of holding multiple layers of quilting material firmly together while being easily grasped by the user. A manually openable clamp body comprises top and bottom portions hingedly connected together and movea... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6393742 | Minimum contact frame A stretcher bar framing device having a narrow top surface, an interior surface, an exterior surface and an angled edge such that a stretched canvas touches only the top surface. The top surface provides a surface for supporting a painting canvas, reducin... | 05/28/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6347466 | Method for modifying the tension of a canvas A method includes steps for modifying tensile stresses in an unpainted canvas that is mounted on a frame under applied tensile stresses. The canvas is formed of material that can undergo heat-shrinking when at or above a thermoplastic shrinking temperatur... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6318255 | Method of attaching coated silk screen fabric to a frame and the reusable silk screen A method of locking a precut silkscreen fabric to splines which are then inserted into retensionable roller frames, wherein the fabric is scored where it contacts the spline, permitting the adhesive to lock the sections of the spline together through the ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6269562 | Sheet stretching device An apparatus for stretching a sheet of material such as a sheet of watercolor paper utilizes a flat board and a frame assembly for bending the board into a dish shape. The board has a plurality of radially extending segments separated by radially extendin... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6223665 | Quilt clamp A clamp for use in quilting that includes a top and a bottom quilt clamp portion that are forced together by a pair of springs to hold multiple layer of quilting materials, such as fabric and batting, firmly together while stitching the quilt pattern. To ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6209240 | Textile holding frame A textile or other material holding frame portion having a pair of side members and two or more lateral members extending between the sides to define a generally rectangular configuration. One embodiment uses stationary frame members with retainers for ma... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6167649 | Information display system for the sides of buildings and vehicles An information display system, mountable on planar surfaces such as the walls of buildings or the sides of semi-trailers, includes a frame and a polygonal flexible sheet perimetricly anchored to the frame. The system includes at least one anchoring bracke... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6109194 | Embroidery machine fabric holder An embroidery machine is provided with an attachment for fitting on the bottom of its movable hoop to provide a secure mounting surface for a sheet of "stickum" paper extending across the hoop and providing on its upper "stickum" surface a mounting and se... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6003253 | Method of mounting a fabric cloth to be painted in a stretched manner and apparatus for practicing such method The mounting and stretching of a fabric cloth at a distance from a base proceeds by utilization of mounting bodies made of cardboard mounted adhesively onto the base. The cloth is stretched over the upper edges of the mounting bodies and is temporarily mo... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5987789 | Stitchery stand and frame A stitchery stand and frame assembly includes a stand having spaced posts which are connected together at their lower ends by a box assembly into which a tongue is slidably mounted. A frame unit connects the upper end of the posts. The frame unit includes... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5983790 | Foil screen registering apparatus and method A foil screen is held in registration with a printed circuit board during the application of solder paste on the printed circuit board, within a frame assembly with a prescribed tension by providing a rigid frame for juxtaposition with the foil screen, en... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5906062 | Needlepoint fabric mount A needlepoint fabric mount includes two fabric support bars and two parallel side rails for supporting the bars in spaced position to hold the sheet of fabric in taut condition between the bars. Each bar holds the fabric by an elongate longitudinal slot w... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5867882 | Process for the preparation of silk-screens for use in printing half tones An apparatus and process for the manufacture of silk-screens is provided for use in the printing of halftones, e.g. in a four color printing process. The angle at which the mesh of a silk-screen should be relative to the screen frame to eliminate or at le... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5794528 | Device for holding tensioned sheet-like material and process for tensioning said material A sheet material, especially fabric, is tensioned in a stretching frame made up of frame sections which have grooves open at the surface at which the fabric or sheet material is applied and receiving two rigid symmetrical bars such that the sheet material... | 08/18/1998 |
| 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 |
