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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rachel M. Williams, Oak Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
O04B 3/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
O04B 3/502 ;
Abstract
A circular knitting needle assembly allows for knitting of small circumferential areas of garments. The circular knitting needle assembly retains knitted loops on a flexible cable that is slidably engaged with a pair of elongated hollow knitting needles. Each of the knitting needles has an elongated channel extending substantially the entire length of the knitting needle, and an end of the flexible cable is retained within the elongated channel.