Patent ID: 7272959

Claim:
A removable moving member for knitting having a base end portion and a front end portion, in which the base end portion is mountable on and dismountable from a travel member that travels along a needle bed of a weft knitting machine, the moving member being carried by the travel member without using a rail when the moving member is mounted on the travel member, wherein an operation of knitting a fabric is performed at the front end portion when the base end portion is mounted on the travel member comprising: a hook member provided on the base end portion, and switchable between a hook state in which the hook member is mounted on the travel member including a support member to be hooked to the travel member by sandwiching the support member in a vertical direction, and a non-hook state in which the hook member is not hooked on the travel member; and a biasing device, provided on the base end portion, to bias with a spring, the hook member maintaining a hook state on the travel member when mounted on the travel member, wherein the hook member is switchable from the hook state to the non-hook state against a biasing force of the biasing device when a predetermined external force is applied.