Improvements in and connected with Crochet Hooks, Button Hooks, and Tooth Picks.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 11th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Crochet Hooks, Button Hooks,
and Tooth Picks.
I, WILLIAM HENRY YEOMANS, trading as Morris and Yeomans, of Astwood
Bank, Redditch, Worcestershire, Needle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention has reference to those crochet hooks, button hooks and tooth
picks in which the crochet hook, button hook or tooth pick proper is jointed to and
made to fold between the sides of a sheath or handle and this invention consists
chiefly in the hereindescribed improvements in the sheath or handle part whereby
the crochet hook, button hook or tooth pick proper is securely held in position
ready for use, and if desired is also secured closed in the sheath or handle.
According to one method of carrying out this invention as applied for instance
to crochet hooks we make the sheath or handle part of two light strips of metal
or alloy (preferably steel) which are fixed together side by side so as to form
the sides of the sheath or handle and between which the crochet hook is
jointed by a cross rivet which passes through the said metal strips and through
the crochet hook and forms the joint pin about which the crochet hook can be
turned so as either to lie between the sides of the sheath or handle or so as
to project from the end of the same in a line therewith. The said joint pin is
situated some little distance from that end of the sheath or handle beyond
which the crochet hook projects when in use. The extreme ends of the sheath
or handle are slightly bent towards each other so as to touch or almost touch each
other and in each of these ends we form a longitudinal groove of a size to fit
against the crochet hook.
The crochet hook proper when being opened out ready for use is turned about
the joint pin and pressed between the said grooved outer ends of the sides of the
sheath or handle thereby forcing the ends slightly apart to allow of the crochet
hook proper passing into the said grooves when the outer ends of the sides of the
sheath or handle snap together and hold the crochet hook firmly between them in
the said groove.
To fold the crochet hook proper into the sheath or handle the crochet hook
proper has merely to be turned about its joint pin with a pressure sufficient to force
it out of the grooves in the end of the sheath or handle.
There may be a crochet hook proper at only one end of the sheath or handle or
there may be two crocket hooks proper in the same sheath or handle, that is, one
crochet hook at each end of the sheath or handle.
In the same way our invention is applied to toothpicks and to button hooks either
alone or combined together or combined with a crochet hook.
Our invention is also similarly applicable to those double crochet hooks in which
a crochet hook is formed at each end of a piece of wire which is jointed at about
its centre to the sheath or handle so that the said double crochet hook can be turned
for either one or other of its ends to project beyond and in a line with the sheath.
or handle ready for use while the other end is enclosed between the sides of the
sheath or handle. There may be a double crochet hook of this kind at both ends
of the sheath; or at the other end of the sheath there may be a single crochet hook
or a button hook or a tooth pick as above described.
When a crochet hook, button hook or tooth pick is required at only one end of
the sheath or handle the sheath or handle may be made of one strip of steel or
other suitable metal or alloy which is bent centrally and the halves folded together

page_text: and secured by the rivet passing therethrough and through the crochet hook, the
meeting ends of the strip being grooved as above described.
In combination with a crochet hook and button hook or tooth pick, and its
sheath or handle having one end grooved and arranged to grip the crochet hook
button book or tooth pick as above described, we may use, at the other end of the
sheath or handle a button hook, tooth pick or crochet hook which is arranged to
slide to and fro to project from the end of the sheath or handle or be withdrawn
between the sides of the same.
The crochet hook, button hook or tooth pick may be continued beyond the joint
pin so that when the crochet hook, button hook or tooth pick is turned and folded
between the sides of the sheath or handle as when not in use, then this continuation
will be gripped by the grooved ends of the sides of the sheath or handle thus
securing the crochet hook, button book or tooth pick in its closed position; or the
crochet hook, button hook or tooth pick may be retained in its folded position
between the sides of the sheath or handle by inner projections on the sides of the
sheath or handle between which the crochet hook button hook or tooth pick snaps
when closed.
Dated this 10th day of February 1893
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Crochet Hooks, Button Hooks,
and Tooth Picks.
I, WILLIAM HENRY YEOMANS, trading as Morris & Yeomans, of Astwood
Bank, Redditch, Worcestershire, Needle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has reference to those crochet hooks, button hooks and tooth
picks in which the crochet hook, button hook or tooth pick proper is jointed to and
made to fold between the sides of a sheath or handle and this invention consists
chiefly in the hereindescribed improvements in the sheath or handle part whereby
the crochet hook, button hook or tooth pick proper is securely held in position
ready for use, and if desired is also secured closed in the sheath or handle.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawing on
which
Fig. 1 represents a crochet hook with its sheath or handle part constructed
according to this invention and Fig. 2 shews the same crochet hook closed;
Fig. 3 shews another form of crochet hook sheath or handle constructed
according to this invention provided with a crochet hook at each end and Fig. 4
shews the same sheath or handle fitted with a tooth pick at one end and a button
hook at the other.
Fig. 5 shews the same sheath or handle fitted with a double crochet hook at each
end; Fig. 6 shews a modified form of the same with a single crochet hook at each
end and
Fig. 7 shews a modified form of the sheath or handle represented by Figs. 1
and 2.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawing.
According to one method of carrying out this invention as applied for instance
to crochet hooks and as illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 I make the sheath or handle
part of two light strips of metal or alloy (preferably steel) marked respectively A
aud B which are fixed together side by side by the-rivets d and so as to form the

page_text: sides of the sheath or handle and between which the crochet hook C is jointed by
the cross rivet d which passes through the metal strips A and B and through the
crochet hook C and forms the joint pin about which the crochet hook C can be
turned so as either to lie between the sides A B of the sheath or handle as shewn
in Fig. 2 or so as to project from the end of the same in a line therewith as
shewn in Fig. 1. The joint pin d is situated some little distance from that end
(marked a b) of the sheath or handle beyond which the crochet hook C projects
when in use.
The extreme ends a¹ of the sides of the sheath or handle are
slightly bent towards each other so as to touch or almost touch each other and in
each of these ends a¹¹ I form a longitudinal groove as shewn of a size to fit against
the crochet hook C.
The crochet hook C when being opened out ready for use is turned about the
joint pind and pressed between the grooved outer ends a' of the sides A B of
the sheath or handle thereby forcing the ends a slightly apart to allow of the
crochet hook proper C passing into the said grooves in a when the outer
ends a¹ b' of the sides A and B of the sheath or handle will snap together and hold
the crochet hook firmly between them in the said groove in alb as shewn in Fig. 1.
The sides A. and B are each slightly bowed outwardly at i between the rivet d and
the ends a¹ b' so as to increase the springiness of the ends a b'.
To fold the crochet hook Cinto the sheath or handle the crochet hook C has
merely to be turned about its joint pin d with a pressure sufficient to force it out of
the grooves in the ends a¹¹ of the sheath or handle.
There may be a crochet hook proper C at only one end of the sheath or handle as
shewn in Figs. 1 and 2 and in Fig. 7 or there may be two crochet hooks proper
in the same sheath or handle, that is, one crochet hook at each end of the sheath
or handle as shewn in Fig. 3 where the two crochet hooks are respectively marked C
and C².
In the same way my invention is applied to toothpicks and to button hooks either
alone or combined together or combined with a crochet hook; that is to say the
tooth pick or button hook takes the place of the crochet hook C or of the two
crochet hooks C and C' for instance as shewn in Fig. 4 where the sheath or handle
is fitted with a button hook E at one end and a tooth pick Fat the other end.
My invention is also similarly applicable to those double crochet hooks such
as CC (see Fig. 5) in which a crochet hook is formed at each end of a piece of
wire which is jointed at about its centre at d to the sheath or handle so that the
said double crochet hook C³ or C can be turned for either one or other of its ends
to project beyond and in a line with the sheath or handle ready for use while the
other end is enclosed between the sides A and B of the sheath or handle. There
may as shewn in Fig. 5 be a double crochet hook of this kind at both ends of the
sheath; or there may be a double crochet hook only at one end and at the other
end of the sheath there may be a single crochet hook such as C or a button hook
such as E or a tooth pick such as F as above described.
When a crochet hook, button hook or tooth pick is required at only one end of
the sheath or handle the sheath or handle may as shewn in Fig. be made
of one strip of steel or other suitable metal or alloy which is bent centrally at a²
and the halves folded together to form the sides A and B and secured by the
rivet d passing therethrough and through the crochet hook, the meeting ends a¹¹
of the strip being grooved to hold the crochet hook, button hook or tooth pick
as above described.
The crochet hook C or C button hook or tooth pick may be continued at c
beyond the joint pin d so that when the crochet hook, button hook or tooth pick
is turned and folded between the sides A and B of the sheath or handle as when
not in use as shewn on the right hand of Fig. 6 then this continuation will be
gripped by the grooved ends a' b' of the sides A and B of the sheath or handle
thus securing the crochet hook, button hook or tooth pick in its closed position.
The end is by preference made with a glass or other knob as shewn so as to
prevent its injuring anything and for convenience in turning the crochet hook

page_text: button hook or tooth pick into its opened position; and the sides A and B are
then bowed out at g to allow of the knob passing between them. Or the crochet
hook, button hook or tooth pick may be retained in its folded position between the
sides A and B of the sheath or handle by inner projections such as h³ ³ (see Figs. 1,
2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) on the sides A and B of the sheath or handle between which the
crochet hook C or C or C³ or C* button hook or tooth pick snaps when closed as
shewn in Figs. 2 and 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In crochet hooks button hooks and tooth picks of the kind herein referred to
in which the crochet hook button hook or tooth pick proper jointed to two light
strips or a folded strip of metal forming the handle and between which the crochet
hook button hook or tooth pick proper will fold, the improved method of securing
the crochet hook button hook or tooth pick open ready for use consisting in making
the sides such as A B of the handle with grooved prolongations such as a¹ b
adapted to spring together and hold the crochet hook button hook or tooth pick
proper in its extended position substantially as herein before described and illustrated
by Figs. 1 and 7 of the accompanying drawing.
2. In crochet hooks button hooks and tooth picks of the kind herein referred to
in which there is a crochet hook button hook or tooth pick proper jointed near
each end of and between two light strips of metal forming the handle and between
which the crochet hooks button hooks or tooth picks proper will fold, the improved
method of securing the crochet hooks button hooks or tooth picks open ready for
use consisting in making the sides such as A B of the handle with grooved
prolongations such as a at each end adapted to spring together and hold the
crochet hooks button hooks or tooth picks proper in their extended position
substantially as herein before described and illustrated by Figs. 3 and 4 of the
accompanying drawing.
3. In crochet hooks button hooks and tooth picks and combined crochet hooks
and button hooks or crochet hooks and tooth picks or button hooks and tooth picks
of the kind herein referred to which are jointed near one or both ends of and
between two light strips of metal forming the handle, the improved method of
securing the crochet hook button hook or tooth pick or the combined crochet
hook and button hook or combined crochet hook and tooth pick or combined button
hook and tooth pick open ready for use consisting in making the sides such as A B
of the handle with grooved prolongations such as a' at one or both ends adapted
to spring together and hold the crochet hook button hook or tooth pick or the
combined crochet hook and button hook or crochet hook and tooth pick or button
hook and tooth pick in its extended position substantially as herein before described
with reference to Fig. 5 of the accompanying drawing.
4. In crochet hooks button hooks and tooth picks of the kind herein referred to
in which there is a crochet hook button hook or tooth pick jointed near one or both
ends of and between two light strips of metal forming the handle and between
which the crochet hook button hook or tooth pick or the crochet hooks button
hooks or tooth picks will fold, the improved method of securing the crochet hook
button hook or tooth pick or the crochet hooks button books or tooth picks
open ready. for use or closed consisting in making the sides such as A B of the
handle with grooved prolongations such as a¹ b' adapted to spring together and
hold the crochet hook button hook or tooth pick or the crochet hooks button hooks
or tooth picks proper in its or their extended or closed position substantially as
herein before described with reference to Fig. 6 of the accompanying drawing.
5. The construction combination and arrangement of parts forming the improved
handle for crochet hooks tooth picks or button hooks herein before described and
illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawing.
6. The construction combination and arrangement of parts forming the improved

page_text: double ended handle for crochet hooks tooth picks or button hooks as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by Figs. 3, 4 and 5.
7. The construction and arrangement of the improved handle for crochet hooks
tooth picks and button hooks herein before described and illustrated by Fig. 7.
8. The construction combination and arrangement of parts forming the improved
double ended handle for crochet hooks tooth picks or button hooks as herein before
described and illustrated by Fig. 6.
9. The construction combination and arrangement of parts forming the improved
double crochet hook herein before described and illustrated by Fig. 6 of the accom-
panying drawing.
Dated this 10th day of November 1893.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.