US2758359A - Hooked rug method - Google Patents

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1956 H. SWENSON 2,758,359

HOOKED RUG METHOD Filed Jan. 10, 1955 IN V EN TOR.

United States Patent HOOKED RUG METHOD Helen Swenson, Marshall, Tex. Application January 10, 1955, Serial No. 480,631

Claims. (CI. 28-72) This invention relates to methods of making hooked rugs.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved method for making hooked rugs which greatly simplifies the manufacture of the same and results in an improved product.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an improved method of making hooked rugs which utilizes three strands hooked together in a novel manner.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a hooked rug method bearing the above objects in mind which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, has a minimum number of parts, is easy to carry out and economical to produce.

For other objects and a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the three strands employed in the method and showing the first step thereof for securing the strands at one end;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the second step in the formation of the rug wherein one of the strands is secured adjacent the connected ends of the other two strands;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the next step in the method and showing the first strand being looped through the ring formation;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the completion of the next step namely the forming of the loops in the circle;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the crossing over of the other of the strands in an intermediate step in the process; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the next step in the process.

Referring now more in detail to the drawing, 10, 11 and 12 represent a plurality of elongated strands of rag orother suitable material secured together at one end by means of the stitching 13, substantially as illustrated.

The strand is then secured adjacent the stitching 13 by means of the stitching 14, as shown in Fig. 2.

The strand 11 is then looped through the ring portion 15, as shown in Fig. 3. This process is continued, resulting in the pattern of Fig. 4 and a plurality of loops 16 extending around the ring 15.

The strand 10 is then crossed over the strand 12 and brought under the strand 11 (as shown in Figs. 5 and 6). The strand 10 is then hooked into the first loop 16 once, and into the second loop 16 twice, continuing in this manner until all the loops 16 have been hooked either once or twice in alternating succession. The strand 12 is then hooked into the loops resulting, being hooked through each loop formation once around the circle 15. This pattern is then alternated first forming a ring of hooking in once and looping twice until the rug has achieved its full size.

It should now be apparent that there has been provided an improved method of making a hooked rug which employs three strands which simplifies the operation and results in an improved product.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A method of forming a hooked rug comprising securing three elongated strands together at one end, securing one of said strands adjacent the secured ends thereof to form a ring, and then looping the intermediate of said strands around said ring formation.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said one strand secured to the other two strands adjacent their secured ends is crossed over the third of said strands and under the looped intermediate strand and hooked into the resulting loop formation of the intermediate strand.

3. A method according to claim 2, wherein said last mentioned strand is hooked in once in the first loop, hooked twice in the second loop, looped once in the third loop and so on in alternating manner.

4. A method of making a hooked rug according to claim 3, wherein said alternating hooked once and twice step is followed by hooking the third strand around the resulting loops of said one strand, one hook for each loop.

5. A method according to claim 4 wherein said strands are hooked through the resulting loops in the alternating sequence until the rug is completely formed.

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