Abstract: There is provided a sewing machine needle 10 including: a shank portion 11 that is attached to a sewing machine; and a shaft portion 12 that is provided on a front end side of the shank portion 11; wherein: a needle eye 13 is formed to penetrate the shaft portion 12, and a long groove 14 for guiding a thread from a position of the needle eye 13 toward the shank portion 11 is formed in the shaft portion 12; and a suppression portion 16 for suppressing movement of a needle thread 21 is provided in an intermediate portion of the long groove 14. Thus, it is possible to provide a sewing machine needle by which a loop can be formed stably and that causes few damage to a needle thread and can be also manufactured easily.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to a drawstring for drawing together a material, and a method for making the drawstring.

Abstract: A tool for inserting a drawstring into a drawstring passage has elongated leading and trailing bodies which are connected to each other by a flexible member. The trailing body defines at its rear end an aperture into which an end of a drawstring can be inserted, which drawstring can be secured to the trailing body by the cooperation with the trailing body of a drawstring retainer. The retainer is carried by the trailing body and is movable relative to that body toward and away from the rear end of that body. When the retainer is at its rear end limit of movement relative to the trailing body, the retainer is effective to cause a drawstring inserted into the aperture to be held in the insertion tool. The retainer can be spring-biased toward its rearward limit of motion in the insertion tool.

Abstract: The floating rope marker is comprised of a rope assembly having a braided hollow rope with an upper end portion being turned in and threaded back inside itself and a lower end portion being turned in through a side wall of the rope and threaded back inside the rope to form a loop so that the two end portions of the rope are close together within the rope. A cylindrical float member is inserted in the turned in portion of the upper end and a section of heat shrinkable tubing is shrunk on the lower end portion of the rope to hold the turned in portion of the lower end porton in place. A hook having a base is held in the lower end portion loop and a hook part adapted for releasably holding a fish extends downwardly in the water.

Abstract: A loop turner is used for turning a loop member inside out. The loop turner includes a bar body having a front end and a rear end. The bar body is provided with a clip segment for coming into removable engagement with the open mouth edge of the loop member, and a string holding cutout for removably holding a reinforcing string which is inserted through the loop member simultaneously while the loop member is turned inside out.

Abstract: A drawstring restringing apparatus includes a front end, a rear end, and a mid-portion located between the front end and the rear end. The front end and a portion of the mid-portion adjacent to the front end are hollow. A leading portion of the front end is tapered from a top portion of the front end to a bottom portion of the front end. A portion of the front end, which is behind the leading portion, includes a closed top. A portion of the mid-portion adjacent to the front end includes an open top, and the open top defines a mid-portion gap which has a mid-portion-gap width. The open top of the mid-portion extends through the rear end, whereby the rear end also includes an open top. The closed top of the front end includes a slit. The slit has a slit-gap width. The slit-gap width is less than the mid-portion-gap width.

Abstract: A replacement drawstring for use in garments or drawstring bags and designed to easily be threaded through the drawstring tunnel around the opening of said garment or bag. Breakably molded as a part of an aglet at one end of the drawstring is an elongated wand or bodkin to simplify threading. After threading, the wand is broken off and may be discarded.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for inserting a drawstring into garments or articles having a hem or channel for receiving the drawstring. The apparatus includes a resilient, hollow tubular member which receives the drawstring in a secure fashion so that it can be threaded into the channel of the garment. A method of inserting a drawstring includes attaching the string to the hollow member so as to be sheathed therein, placing both elements in the channel and threading the same completely therethrough, and then removing the hollow member from the drawstring.

Abstract: A device for restringing and recovering a drawstring from a garment channel which is capable of use both in restringing and in recovering a drawstring from a garment channel. The device comprises a rod, one end of which is adapted to recover and retain a cord of the type typically used as a drawstring in garment channels. The cord retaining end utilizes a bite formed by a loop in the rod. The bite retains and allows for recovery of the drawstring.

Abstract: A drawstring restringing system comprises a notched flexible rod having a flexible end cap for securing a drawstring to the rod to facilitate restringing of the drawstring through a channel in a garment.

Abstract: The weaving tool is provided with a pair of pivotally mounted elements and a spring for biasing the elements together. The forward portion of the tool is made with a thin tapered portion and the material engaging portions mate with each other to form a continuation of the forward portion. The forward portion of the tool may pass through a mesh backing without significantly enlarging the holes of the backing. The tool is positioned in the backing so that upon opening, the holes in the backing are not enlarged. Strips of material can be pulled back through the openings when the tool is removed.