Abstract: A sewing needle has a closed loop of a resilient filament secured to its rear end. In unstressed condition the filament has an open configuration allowing a sewing thread to be easily passed through it. As the needle is pulled through fabric the loop collapses under the forces imposed on its sides by the fabric.

Abstract: The applicator for utilization in combination with an endoscope tube comprises a coil connected to a longitudinal passage through a shaft and comprising hollow turns connected to the shaft passage for reception of a sewing thread, whose proximal extremity is passed through a loop projecting from a radial opening at the distal extremity of the shaft, is then drawn through the shaft passage and fastened to the proximal shaft extremity. Tying the single stitch after piercing the tissues is performed by passing the needle axially through the coil and then around the thread and twisting the coil out of the loop formed thereby to form the first half of a knot which is then complemented by the second half of the knot tied in the same way, the knot being tied by subsequently pulling together the two said halves.

Abstract: An apparatus for facilitating the securing of the free end of a line to a line attachment. Such attachments might be hook eyes, swivels, lures, fishing leaders, and the like which are commonly used in fishing with hook and line. The apparatus employs a rotating arm which wraps the free end of a line around the source line without twisting the source line to facilitate the tying of a clinch knot and other similar knots. The instrument has incorporated in or attachable to its structure; a line cutter, attachment holding means, a novel hook eye threader, and a light.

Abstract: A manually operable needle threading device comprises a housing having a recess for positioning the eye of a needle to be threaded in alignment with the path of a displaceable thread pusher member in the housing, whereby displacement of the pusher member from a retracted to an extended position pushes a portion of a thread between the needle and pusher member through the needle eye. The pusher member displaces the portion of thread between gripping fingers on the housing which hold the thread portion upon displacement of the pusher member from the extended to the retracted position. The portion of thread remains attached to the threading device upon separation of the needle therefrom until a loose end of the thread passes through the needle eye to complete the threading operation, after which the thread portion is released from the threading device. In one embodiment the housing is of pistol-like configuration facilitating handling and operation of the threading device.

Abstract: The stitching device is used for stitching work, for instance, on upholstery or mattresses and includes a hollow needle (1), and intermediate piece (2), and a guide tube (3) for a push rod. Laterally on the intermediate piece there is attached a magazine (14) in which a stack of pins (5) is located. On the magazine there is also provided a handle (6) and a holder (7) for a thread bobbin (71). The thread (F) goes through the entire stack of pins and emerges the needle (1) laterally at the bottom. During operation, the needle (1) is pushed through the object to be sewn until its point protrudes at the bottom of the object. By pressure on the bottom (33), the push rod is operated and pushes a single pin (5) out of the lower opening of the needle with the needle pulling the thread along therewith. Now the needle can be pulled out of the object--with the pin (5) holding the thusly formed loop on the bottom side of the object.

Abstract: An improved manually operable needle threading device is provided of the character including a housing having an upwardly extending tubular needle receiving support and a displaceable needle threader member in the housing for displacing a thread through openings in the needle support and the eye of a needle therein. The improvements include a slot extending upwardly through the needle support from one of the openings therein to facilitate removal of the threaded needle when one end of the thread is fixed against movement, and an improved actuating arrangement for displacing the needle threader member relative to the needle support.

Abstract: The device of this invention performs the functions of one hand in performing a variety of the tasks ordinarily requiring two hands while doing needle craft, yarn work and the like. The invention may serve those having the use of both hands but is specifically developed to meet the needs of those who have the use of only one hand. The device is characterized by a stand having a base and an upright standard and a horizontal arm joined to the top of the standard by means of a free pin hinge. In the mid region of the standard is positioned a rotatable tray having upward angled pegs around its perimeter for holding yarns, strands, spools and the like and the tray has in its top surface shallow troughs for holding small implements, needles, hooks and the like. The top surface of the horizontal arm has a spring loaded clamp near its free end and an upward directed binding post near the clamp and a plate having a multiplicity of various sized holes passing through the plate and the arm below the plate.

Abstract: A threader for a mounted sewing machine needle having an eye adjacent the pointed lower end thereof includes a base plate adapted to be received beneath the foot of the machine, and a housing providing a positioning recess for aligning the needle threader with the sewing machine needle eye. The housing supports a pair of reciprocable thread pusher members at right angles to one another, and when the device is aligned with the needle eye, the first pusher member is displaceable from a retracted to an extended position to push a strand of thread through the needle eye from one side thereof to the other. When the first pusher member is returned to the retracted position, the second thread pusher member is displaceable from a retracted to an extended position to engage a loop of thread on the other side of the needle eye and to displace the thread laterally of the needle to a position where it can be easily grasped by the user's fingers.

Abstract: A needle threading device consisting of a pair of thin, substantially rigid blades joined at one end and spaced apart in a normal position at the other. The blades at the open end are insertable through the eye of a needle to receive the thread or yarn and can then be "pinced" and held together with one hand and the yarn pulled through the needle as the device is withdrawn and the needle is held. In other embodiments the device consists of a pair of oppositely extending blades of different widths for various sewing or needlecraft operations. In still another embodiment, a plurality of pairs of blades of different sizes are pivotally joined to a shaft and the desired blade can be pivoted to a position of use.

Abstract: An elongated support member has a curved and pointed pick adjacent one end thereof. The other end of the support member is formed into a pair of tweezers. Mounted on the free end of each tong of the tweezers is a flat thin needle threader. To greatly facilitate their use and operation, the needle threaders extend outwardly to the sides and lie in a plane which is at a 30.degree. to 45.degree. angle to the axis of the support member.

Abstract: A needle threader usable by those who find it difficult to thread a needle in a conventional manner. The threader is constituted by an upstanding blade whose lower end is anchored and whose upper end or head is V-notched to loosely receive within its trough the end of a yarn or filament to be threaded. The width and thickness of the head is such as to be passable through the eye of the needle to be threaded. When the eye of the needle is brought over the head to a point below the trough of the notch, the thread is formed into a loop whose feet are clamped by the eye against the blade, and when the needle is thereafter retracted from the head, it carries the loop with it. Finally, the operator pulls the loop out of the eye and thereby threads the needle.

Abstract: An improved needle-threading device is disclosed wherein a wire loop, having a smaller loop disposed in the medial portion, is rigidly sandwiched at double hook-shaped end portions between an outer support member and an inner support member. The outer and inner support members are tubular with the inner member fitting within the outer member and engaging the double hook-shaped end portions of the wire loop, thereby holding the wire loop rigidly in place and furnishing a convenient handle with which to hold the needle-threading apparatus during use.

Abstract: The disclosure is of a needle threader including a magnetic pin which is used to find the eye of the needle and is inserted therein. The threader also includes a hook-like member which is of a magnetic material and which is pulled through the eye of the needle by the magnetic pin. Once the threader is pulled through the eye of the needle, a thread is inserted therein, and when the threader is pulled out of the eye, the thread is caught in the eye, and the needle is threaded.

Abstract: A device for inserting dental floss in difficult-to-reach areas under dental bridges or splints, comprising a length of flexible material formed into a loop, the ends of which are bonded together over a substantial portion to provide a stiffened elongated guide portion. The floss is threaded through the loop and the device, with the guide portion leading, is passed under two connected teeth of a bridge through interproximal areas whereby the floss is inserted through such areas.

Abstract: A yarn threader comprising a flat, stiff foldable member for enfolding the end of yarn, the member forming a projecting point which will enter a needle eye sufficiently while enfolding the yarn end so that the yarn end may be grasped on the opposite side of the needle eye.

Abstract: A sewing needle threader using the presser foot of a sewing machine as a housing is disclosed. A movable rod is slidably mounted in the housing and contains a tiny hook adapted for insertion through the eye of a needle on one end of the rod. A spring is coiled around the rod and confined between defining walls of a chamber of the housing into which the other end of the rod projects. The rod is adapted to attach to a pivotally mounted handle located outside of housing. The handle may be placed in a raised position when not in use and may be lowered into alignment with the rod for advancing the hook through the front of the housing into engagement with the eye of a needle. In another embodiment the housing is adapted for use in threading hand held needles.

Abstract: A fishhook tieing device including a handle, a spring clamp and a threading device. The spring clamp is attached to one end of the handle for grasping a hook. The threading device includes a spring wire loop end which is readily compressed to be pushed through the eye of the hook and thereafter expands to its original size whereby a fishing line end may be easily extended through the loop. Extraction of the loop end then pulls the line through the hook eye whereby the line may then be tied to the hook.