Patent Application
20230086357
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The disclosure relates to marking devices and more particularly pertains to a new marking device for precisely marking a blanket for quilting or tying. The device includes a measuring tape for measuring distance and a plurality of pins that can be inserted into a quilting frame upon which a blanket is positioned. The device includes a roll of yarn that can be cut into a plurality of lengths that are stretched between respective pairs of the pins. The device includes a marker that can be employed to mark the blanket at each intersection point between the lengths of yarn.
The prior art relates to marking devices including a sewing template that includes a pair of panels that each has a row of holes such that the holes are aligned with each other when the panels are stacked. The prior art discloses a variety of transparent quilting panels that has a grid printed thereon for facilitating a blanket to be marked for quilting. The prior art discloses a quilting template that has a plurality of holes arranged to form a grid for marking a blanket for quilting.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a measuring tape which has graduated indicia printed thereon to measure distance along a blanket when the measuring tape is stretched along the blanket. A plurality of pins is provided and each of the pins is insertable into a quilting frame upon which the blanket is positioned to mark a preferred location on the blanket. The pins are positionable such that the pins are evenly spaced along a distance measured by the measuring tape. A roll of yarn is dividable into a plurality of lengths of the yarn. Each of the lengths of yarn is stretchable between a respective pair of pins to define a grid on the blanket. A marker is provided to mark the blanket at each of a plurality of intersections of the grid defined by the lengths of yarn for quilting the blanket.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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Each of the pins 18 has a first end 22 and a second end 24, and the first end 22 tapers to a point. The second end 24 is rounded into a ball such that the ball can be pushed against to urge the first end 22 into the quilting frame 20. Each of the pins 18 is positionable at predetermined locations along the quilting frame 20 such that the pins 18 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed around the quilting frame 20. Furthermore, each of the pins 18 may comprise sewing pins or other similar type of stick pins.
A roll of yarn 26 is provided and the yarn 26 is dividable into a plurality of lengths 28 of the yarn 26. Each of the lengths of yarn 28 is stretchable between a respective pair of pins 18 when the plurality of pins 18 is distributed around the blanket 16. In this way each of the lengths of yarn 28 defines a grid on the blanket 16. The lengths of yarn 28 include a set of horizontal lengths 30 and a set of vertical lengths 32. Each of the horizontal lengths 30 is stretched between respective pairs of the pins 18 that are distributed on a vertical axis on the blanket 16. Conversely, each of the vertical lengths 32 is stretched between respective pairs of pins 18 that are distributed on a horizontal axis on the blanket 16. Each of the horizontal lengths 30 intersects with each of the vertical lengths 32 at a plurality of intersection points 34.
A marker 36 is provided that is filled with a liquid ink 38 to deposit the liquid ink 38 at predetermined locations on the blanket 16 for marking the blanket 16. The marker 36 is positionable to mark the blanket 16 at each of a plurality of intersections of the grid defined by the lengths of yarn 28. In this way the marker 36 can mark locations for quilting the blanket 16. The marker 36 is positionable to mark the blanket 16 at each of the intersection points 34 between the horizontal lengths 30 and the vertical lengths 32. Additionally, the marker 36 may be a felt tip pen, a sewing marker or any other type of ink marker that can mark on textiles or fabric with a minimal amount of bleeding. Conversely, respective pins 18 can be inserted through the blanket 16 to mark the blanket 16 at each of the intersection points 34 in lieu of the marker 36.
In use, the blanket 16 is secured on the quilting frame 20 and the distance between adjacent corners of the quilting frame 20 is measured, and continually divided in half, until the plurality of pins 18 is evenly spaced apart from each other and distributed along each of the members of the quilting frame 20. The roll of yarn 26 is cut into the horizontal lengths 30 and the vertical lengths 32. Each of the horizontal lengths 30 is stretched between respective pairs of pins 18 that are distributed along a vertical axis. Each of the vertical lengths 32 is stretched between respective pairs of pins 18 that are distributed along a horizontal axis. The marker 36 is employed to mark the blanket 16 at each of the intersection points 34 between the horizontal lengths 30 and the vertical lengths 32. In this way the blanket 16 can be precisely marked for quilting or tying the blanket 16.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
