01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
Goods & Services
Thread conditioning compound that strengthens thread and
eliminates or reduces thread breakage, fraying, and static
charges for use in sewing, quilting, needlework,
cross-stitching and embroidery.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
26 - Small items for dressmaking; artifical flowers; false hair
Goods & Services
Hand-held tools with electrically heated tips for cutting
and sealing frayed thread or cord ends. Wire cutters; hand tools, namely, nippers, reamers, wire
crimpers; snippers for cutting of metal and wire;
hand-operated shears; pliers; scissors; thread snips for
severing threads used in beading; hand tools, namely, bead
positioners in the nature of tweezers for placing beads on a
surface, removing them from a surface and placing them in an
arrangement prior to stringing or weaving; hand tools,
namely, dapping punches and blocks for making jewelry; hand
tools, namely, hole punches for piercing metal used in
making jewlery; hand tools, namely, knotters; tweezers; hand
operated hammers; hand tools for stringing beads, namely,
bead spinners; hand operated tools, namely, wire twisters;
hand tools for making jewelry, namely, bead grabbers;
embellishing tool in the nature of a glue-tipped stick for
attaching beads, sequins or other decorative accents. Magnifying glasses for hand use or as eyeglasses and
stand-mounted magnifiers. Needle threaders.
A chalk liner including: (a) an elongate reservoir barrel for receiving powdered chalk; (b) a marking tip mounted on one end of the reservoir barrel and communicating with the interior of the reservoir barrel for receiving powdered chalk therefrom and having a marking wheel rotatably mounted in the marking tip and projecting outwardly therefrom; and (c) a cleaning tool mounted on the other end of the reservoir barrel.
26 - Small items for dressmaking; artifical flowers; false hair
Goods & Services
Sewing pins made primarily of metal; Metal pins with plastic heads; Metal pins with flat heads; Metal pins with glass heads; Metal applique pins for securing small pieces of fabric and curved seams; Metal fork pins for securing seams in place while sewing; Metal t-pins for sewing; none of the foregoing for use with foam balls
A combination measuring tape/chalk marker holder includes a main housing and a chalk retention pocket. The main housing has a main housing shell with a base and a back plate. The main housing is an equilateral triangular prismatic body with two outwardly curved lateral walls meeting at an apex. Within the housing, a locking reel holding a flexible measuring tape is releasably engaged with a locking hub formed on the back plate. The measuring tape extends through a portal formed in one of the outwardly curved lateral walls. The chalk retention pocket is fixed to and extends from the back plate. The pocket has a base parallel to and coextensive with the main housing base, two parallel lateral walls, and a flexible chalk retention member. The chalk retention pocket is flexible and removably retains a convex lensate marking body. A rotatable foot enables the holder to stand erect.
G01B 3/1089 - Tapes combined with arrangements for functions other than the measuring of lengths for marking, drawing or cutting
A41H 1/06 - Measuring aids or methods in combination with marking
G01B 3/1043 - Measuring tapes characterised by casings - Details of internal structure thereof, e.g. means for coupling separately moulded casing halves
A double needle threader, includes an elongate graspable body having a pair of threading ledges formed thereupon, including a first threading ledge and a second threading ledge, a pair of threading apertures including a first threading aperture and a second threading aperture extending through said threading ledges, a pair of ridges including a first ridge and a second ridge formed adjacent said threading apertures, said ridges each having a collapsible wire loops, including a first wire loop and a second wire loop projecting therefrom extending over said threading apertures, said wire loops each having a generally angular return bend formed therein, said wire loops being configured to be passable through the eye of a needle, wherein the threading loops are of different sizes, the first wire loop being coarser than the second wire loop so that the first wire loop accommodates larger needles and sewing machines, while the second wire loop has a finer wire for smaller needles.
A bobbin and spool management system includes a bobbin topper having a central disc with upwardly and downwardly extending stanchions projecting therefrom, each being capped with a mushroom bolster and having a medially located chamfered collar. The upwardly projecting stanchion is adapted to mate with an axial bore in the barrel of a bobbin and retain the bobbin while the downwardly projecting stanchion is adapted to penetrate the axial bore in the barrel of a supply spool and be retained on the supply spool.
A combination measuring tape/chalk marker holder includes a main housing and a chalk retention pocket. The main housing has a main housing shell with a base and a back plate. The main housing is an equilateral triangular prismatic body with two outwardly curved lateral walls meeting at an apex. Within the housing, a locking reel holding a flexible measuring tape is releasably engaged with a locking hub formed on the back plate. The measuring tape extends through a portal formed in one of the outwardly curved lateral walls. The chalk retention pocket is fixed to and extends from the back plate. The pocket has a base parallel to and coextensive with the main housing base, two parallel lateral walls, and a flexible chalk retention member. The chalk retention pocket is flexible and removably retains a convex lensate marking body. A rotatable foot enables the holder to stand erect.
A needle threading aid has a graspable body with a threading ledge on its upper surface, with a threading aperture formed through the threading ledge, a ridge is formed next to the threading aperture, the ridge has a collapsible wire loop over the threading aperture, the wire loop has a generally angular return bend, the wire loop is passable through the eye of a needle.
A storage device for needles having: a tubular housing, a first cylindrical tube is retained in said tubular housing; first and second cylindrical tubes; the second tube is adapted to reciprocate within the first cylindrical tube; a third cylindrical tube is adapted fit over the first cylindrical tube; a mounting retainer is adapted to engage said tubular housing, the mounting retainer has a tubular protrusion extending therefrom, the tubular protrusion has a cylindrical bearing surface, the cylindrical bearing surface rotatably retains said third cylinder with a portion of said third cylinder protruding through said mounting retainer, a deformable needle mounting element is disposed with the second cylindrical tube, the deformable needle mounting element is adapted both to retain needles and allow withdrawal of needles therefrom, the second cylindrical tube is advanceable and retractable in the rotatable third cylindrical tube by turning of the third tube about its longitudinal axis.
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
04 - Industrial oils and greases; lubricants; fuels
Goods & Services
Chemical-based thread conditioning preparations used to
reduce fraying and tangling of thread. Wax-based thread conditioning preparations used to reduce
fraying and tangling of thread.
A marker ensemble includes a multi-purpose marking tool and a sharpener. The marking tool has a shell, retention sleeve, compression spring, control tab, reversible disk holder, and cap. The shell has an exit opening, an access opening with a mounting socket, and a medially located lateral control slot through which the control tab extends. The retention sleeve has a collet, compressed by the compression spring and uncompressed by the control tab. The disk holder has a body with a retention ridge and a pair of lugs extending from each end to retain a marking disk. One marking disk has a circular periphery and the other marking disk has a toothed periphery. The cap is mounted upon either end. The sharpener includes a blade with a sharpened edge secured to a body with an upper surface, a peripheral surface with a shoulder, waist, and hip, and a lower surface.
14 - Precious metals and their alloys; jewelry; time-keeping instruments
Goods & Services
Clear plastic container with a sliding plastic top specially adapted for jewelry findings for the storage and controlled dispensation of jewelry findings used in beading and jewelry making
A bobbin and spool management system includes a bobbin topper having a central disc with upwardly and downwardly extending stanchions projecting therefrom, each being capped with a mushroom bolster and having a medially located chamfered collar. The upwardly projecting stanchion is adapted to mate with an axial bore in the barrel of a bobbin and retain the bobbin while the downwardly projecting stanchion is adapted to penetrate the axial bore in the barrel of a supply spool and be retained on the supply spool.
A dual blade retractable tool is provided. The tool has a round tubular housing and a one-piece injection molded slide block structure. The housing has a longitudinally extending control slot and two ends with blade extension openings, one major and one minor. The one-piece structure has a major blade and a minor blade, each carried by a support. Each blade projects through the corresponding blade extension opening. One support is attached to a leaf spring cantilevered at the other end. The spring carries a control button, which projects through and moves within the slot, and a locking pin, which extends beyond the spring perpendicular to the control slot. Depressions in the tube engage and dis-engage with the locking pin as the button is pressed and moved.
A thread conditioner dispenser is provided as well as a method of conditioning thread. The dispenser has a base with two longitudinally extending sidewalls attached which are joined by two transverse sidewalls. A receptacle for thread conditioning compound is defined interior thereto. Notches are formed in each transverse sidewall. The point on each notch closest to the base defines a saddle point. An adhesive layer is attached to the base such that the dispenser may be removably attached to a solid surface. Thread may be passed through one of the notches and withdrawn through the opposed notch.
A bead manipulating tongs is provided. The tongs have a pair of elongated polymeric clenching arms, a polymeric clamp being formed on the interior surface of at least one of the elongated clenching arms, and a bead manipulating tool grasped by the polymeric clamp. The elongated clenching arms have a generally U-shaped profile with the open portion of the U of each arm facing the other, the uprights of the U on each arm forming a generally perimetral wall about a portion thereof. An interruption is formed in the perimetral wall of the elongated clenching arm proximate the polymeric clamp. The head of the bead manipulating tool is congruent to the interruption in the perimetral wall of the elongated clenching arm. A spring positioned between the elongated clenching arms urges one end of each of the elongated clenching arms into engagement with an end of the other elongated clenching arm.
A dispenser for elastomeric monofilament is provided. The dispenser has a hollow lower half hingedly joined to a mating hollow upper half. Each half has a peripheral wall with vertically extending sidewalls defining an interior and an exterior to the dispenser. A pair of hubs is formed in the sidewalls of one of the halves and a reel is rotably disposed between the hubs. The reel has elastomeric monofilament therearound. A passage from the interior to the exterior of the dispenser is formed at a junction between the halves by a channel formed in each half having a sinuous path through the peripheral wall thereof. The channels are configured such that a sinuous passage is formed from the interior of the dispenser to the exterior of the dispenser by the juxtaposition of the channels when the halves are joined to each other.
A bobbin and spool management system includes a bobbin topper having a central disc with upwardly and downwardly extending stanchions projecting therefrom, each being capped with a mushroom bolster and having a medially located chamfered collar. The upwardly projecting stanchion is adapted to mate with an axial bore in the barrel of a bobbin and retain the bobbin while the downwardly projecting stanchion is adapted to penetrate the axial bore in the barrel of a supply spool and be retained on the supply spool.
A handheld loop former for beading wire is provided. The loop former comprises a cutting lever, a slotted forming platform, a forming lever, and two scissors links. The cutting lever has a combination shear blade/forming die at its distal end. The slotted forming platform has a medially located slot, a shearing ledger, and a forming stanchion. The forming lever has a second forming die at its distal end. The cutting lever, forming platform at the medially located slot, and forming lever are journaled together with a pivot pin. Each of the forming lever and the cutting lever is journaled to one of the scissors links. Both scissors links are journaled to the forming platform. The sheer blade/forming die passes closely to the shearing ledger and with the second forming die envelops the forming stanchion when the forming lever and cutting lever are urged together. The forming platform is drawn proximally.
A dual blade retractable seam ripper is provided. The seam ripper has a generally cylindrical tube and a unitary injection molded slide block structure. The tube has a control slot and two capped ends with blade extension openings, one major and one minor. The unitary structure has a major seam ripping blade and a minor seam ripping blade, each carried by a support. Each blade projects through the corresponding cap opening. One support is attached to a leaf spring cantilevered at the other end. The spring carries a control button which projects through and moves within the slot and a locking pin which extends beyond the spring. Depressions in the tube engage and dis-engage with the locking pin as the button moves and is pressed.
A dual blade retractable seam ripper is provided. The seam ripper has a generally cylindrical tube and a unitary injection molded slide block structure. The tube has a control slot and two capped ends with blade extension openings, one major and one minor. The unitary structure has a major seam ripping blade and a minor seam ripping blade, each carried by a support. Each blade projects through the corresponding cap opening. One support is attached to a leaf spring cantilevered at the other end. The spring carries a control button which projects through and moves within the slot and a locking pin which extends beyond the spring. Depressions in the tube engage and dis-engage with the locking pin as the button moves and is pressed.
A thread conditioner dispenser is provided as well as a method of conditioning thread. The dispenser has a storage and dispensing unit and a cap unit. The storage/dispensing unit has multiple resilient plinths and a generally planar base defining a cavity. Notches are defined between the plinths. Multiple linear channels are defined in the base. One channel connects each notch with a diametrically opposed notch. The plinths define a cylindrical sidewall. The cap has a cylindrical sidewall defining an outwardly flaring mouth to engage the plinths. One of the cap inner sidewall and the storage/dispensing sidewall has an annular recess. At least one lug is formed into the other sidewall for engagement with the annular recess. Thread may be passed through one of the notches and into one of the channels and withdrawn through the diametrically opposed notch while the cap sidewall is engaged with the storage and dispensing sidewall.
A support fixture is provided for holding chain to facilitate addition of pendants thereto. The fixture comprises a polymeric base and a pair of inter-nesting uprights pivotably mounted therein at opposed ends of the base. The uprights can be stably disposed in either an upright usage configuration or a nested horizontal configuration. The base has an upper surface with a generally planar periphery and a major centrally located recess formed therein. The upper extremity of each upright is provided with a retention pin and a padded clamp. Each clamp is formed from a “7” shaped portion and an inverted “L”-shaped arm pivotably joined thereto, with horizontal portions of the “L” shaped arm and the “7” shaped portion defining the jaws of the clamp. A resilient spring is disposed between a vertical leg of the “7” shaped portion and a vertical leg of the inverted “L” shaped arm.
A tool is provided for bending wire for use in earrings. The tool has a two handles; an anvil plate; two terraced floating bars; two forming links, each having a stanchion projecting therefrom and a forming link rod projecting from the first forming link; an upper and lower linkage arm; a translating pin; and a planetary gear having an eccentric forming rod projecting from its lower face. The anvil plate has a longitudinal slot and arcuate minor and major forming slots formed therethrough; a circumferential gear formed on one side of the anvil plate, adjacent and exterior to the major forming slot, spanning less than 360°; and a retaining wall and a forming anvil formed on the other side of the anvil plate. The handles are pivotally joined to the anvil plate such that the forming link rod and a stanchion engage a wire lying against the retaining wall.
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
Goods & Services
Thread conditioning preparation to strengthen thread and eliminate or reduce breakage, fraying, and static charge for its use in sewing, quilting, needlework, cross-stitching and embroidery
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
tool with electrically heated tip for heating frayed thread or cord ends wire cutters; hand tools, namely, nippers, reamers, wire crimpers; snippers for cutting of metal and wire; hand-operated shears; pliers; scissors; thread snips for severing threads used in beading; hand tools, namely, bead positioners in the nature of tweezers for placing beads on a surface, removing them from a surface and placing them in an arrangement prior to stringing or weaving; hand tools, namely, dapping punches and blocks for making jewelry; hand tools, namely, hole punches for piercing metal used in making jewlery; hand tools, namely, knotters; tweezers; hand operated hammers; hand tools for stringing beads, namely, bead spinners; hand operated tools, namely, wire twisters; hand tools for making jewelry, namely, bead grabbers; needle threaders; embellishing tool in the nature of a glue-tipped stick for attaching beads, sequins or other decorative accents magnifying glasses for hand use or as eyeglasses and stand-mounted magnifiers
Beading pliers, having a pair of engageable jaws pivotable about a journal cylinder, are provided with handles. Each handle has an outwardly curving handle core surrounded by a silicone gel filled retention tube encompassed by a cover tube comprising silicone rubber having a thickness of between about 3 and about 7 mm, the end of each pliable cover tube spaced from the journal being closed. The open ends of the pliable cover tube and the retention tube are sealed by an annular collar extending round the handle core. A flexible, inwardly curving leaf spring, retained by each collar, urges the jaws out of engagement when the handles are urged together.
B25B 7/00 - TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING - Details applicable generally to pivoted-limb hand tools
B25G 1/10 - Handle constructions characterised by material or shape
Wire used for beading is coiled on a rotably mounted reel in a dispenser having a reel brake bearing against the reel with the wire passing through a channel as extended to the exterior of the dispenser with the wire frictionally engaging both the walls of the channel and a resilient element pressing against the wire to modulate the force required to withdraw the wire from the dispenser to a value which is high enough to prevent spontaneous unwinding of the wire from around the reel but still allowing easy removal from the dispenser when desired.
B65H 59/06 - Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material, e.g. for preventing snarling; Applications of tension indicators by regulating delivery of material from supply package by devices acting on material leaving the package
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THE BEAD BUDDY TOOLS & ACCESSORIES DESIGNED FOR BEADCRAFTERS
03 - Cosmetics and toiletries; cleaning, bleaching, polishing and abrasive preparations
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
08 - Hand tools and implements
14 - Precious metals and their alloys; jewelry; time-keeping instruments
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
Goods & Services
patina solution for creating a vintage antique look on silver, copper, brass, aluminum and bronze tarnish remover for cleaning stirling or silver, gold, copper, brass, diamonds, fine and costume jewelry mandrels, not being parts of machines; hand tools, namely, alphanumeric figure stamps not for stationery use; metal retaining clips for temporarily preventing beads from slipping off of wire wire cutters; hand tools, namely, nippers, reamers, wire crimpers; snippers for cutting of metal and wire; hand-operated shears; pliers; scissors; thread snips for severing threads used in beading; hand tools, namely, bead positioners in the nature of tweezers for placing beads on a surface, removing them from a surface and placing them in an arrangement prior to stringing or weaving; hand tools, namely, dapping punches and blocks for making jewelry; hand tools, namely, hole punches for piercing metal used in making jewlery; hand tools, namely, knotters; tweezers; hand operated hammers; hand tools for stringing beads, namely, bead spinners; hand operated tools, namely, wire twisters; hand tools for making jewelry, namely, bead grabbers; needle threaders Metal wire for use in the making of jewelry; beads for the use in the manufacture of jewelry; synthetic gems; jewelry findings; jewelry chains; wire plated with precious metals for use in making of jewelry; jewelry findings, namely, metal jump rings, metal clasps for jewelry, and metal hooks for jewelry;crimp tubes in the nature of beads plated with precious metal for use in making jewelry; metal wire for use in making jewelry; base metal hardware, namely, springs; anvils; metal tubes; copper discs in the nature of beads for making jewelry design illustration boards consisting of a surface upon which beads may be stored and rearranged during the stringing process
A design board container enabling the arrangement and temporary positional securement of beading elements is provided. The container includes a base member and a lid member preferably in hinged relationship with one another. The base member and lid member include a design liner and lid liner, respectively, formed of a resiliently deformable and preferably compressible material. The liners are preferably substantially planar, i.e., a flat surface, so as to allow for free form designing unconstrained by preset channels. By closing the container, the lid surface engages the design surface and beading elements such that the beading elements deform the design liner and are positionally secured between the design liner and the lid liner. The surfaces of the lid liner and the design liner preferably comprise gripping members, such as filamentary or hair-like elements.
B65D 71/00 - Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
B65D 73/00 - Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs
A44C 25/00 - Fancy ware for personal wear, not provided for in groups or , e.g. crosses, crucifixes, charms
A portable workstation for beadcrafting operations is provided. The workstation includes a base including at least one receptacle for holding parts such as beads, preferably in a desired pattern. A cover interfittable with the base includes a seal portion that engages and surrounds the receptacle so as to maintain the parts in their desired position, despite movement of the workstation.
